Ludhiana, May 5 -- Division Number 4 police have arrested a man for allegedly duping a garment trader of Rs.12,000 after posing as a customer in Gandhi Nagar market.

Police said the accused, Sahil Makkar of LIG Flats, Mohali, used to hire a taxi, visit shops and pose as a customer before cheating traders.

In the incident reported on April 16, the accused entered a ready-made garments shop, selected clothes and asked the shopkeeper to pack them. Complainant Vikas Thapar of Inder Vihar, Kali Sadak, told police that the accused had arrived with another man. Thapar alleged that the accused asked him to transfer Rs.12,000 through a QR code, saying he would pay the full amount in cash shortly. After receiving the money, the accused went out o...