Mohali, June 21 -- Kharar Police have registered a case against a woman and her two accomplices on Friday for allegedly luring a Rupnagar shopkeeper with the promise of exchanging foreign currency and then snatching over Rs.1 lakh from him on Mundi Kharar Road.

According to the complaint, Vishal, 29, of Hargobind Nagar, Rupnagar ran a general store in the town. He told the police that on June 2, a woman visited his shop and purchased some items. During the visit, she informed him that she possessed 3,500 Canadian Dollars and wanted to exchange them for Indian currency.

The complainant alleged that he agreed to the transaction at a rate of Rs.42 per Canadian Dollar. Four days later, on June 6, the woman allegedly contacted him over the p...