Govandi police have arrested a 62-year-old man for allegedly cheating an elderly woman and looting golden ornaments from her. The conman, who was arrested by the police, had earlier been booked for 58 offences and seven more offences have been detected. 

An offence was registered on June 25, when a 70-year-old woman was cheated while going home. The incident took place when a senior citizen man walked upto her and told about the chaos ahead and asked her to take off her gold ornaments. The woman had no purse and the man offered the pouch he had to keep her ornaments. After moving on, when the woman checked the pouch she realised that it was empty and immediately informed her son. The accused stole 20-gram bangles worth Rs 80,000 from the woman.