CURATED BY – SUNIL YADAV | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Katni, two Rajasthani people who reached Katni district in greed for gold coins were beaten up by some Pardhis after taking money from them and were injured. Their treatment is going on in the district hospital. Both the injured Rajasthanis admitted in the hospital had first created a false story and told that some people beat them up and looted 25 thousand rupees from them and fled. When the Kotwali police interrogated the injured Rajasthani people, they told the truth of this whole matter to the police and told that they had reached Katni in greed for gold coins and they met the Pardhis and gave them 10 thousand and 75 thousand rupees in cash online and demanded gold coins, then a dispute arose with them and the Pardhis beat them up and attacked them with a knife and fled from the spot.

Kotwali police station in-charge Ashish Sharma said that both the injured persons are residents of Madhopur in Rajasthan. Those who were attacked with a knife on the bus stand police post bypass road had earlier told the police in their statement that they were attacked with a knife and robbed. The Kotwali police, while investigating the entire matter intensively, has exposed the false story of robbery of both the persons. Kotwali police said that both the injured persons Haribabu Yadav and Ravindra Rajput are residents of Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan, the police is investigating the matter thoroughly. The injured Haribabu Yadav and Ravindra Rajput met some Pardhi people on the day of Mauni Amavasya at Kumbh Mela Prayagraj, who lured them by showing gold coins. People started talking to each other on mobile regarding the transaction of gold coins. After which the youth came to Katni bypass a week ago to get the gold coins. Where they had returned to Sawai Madhavpur Rajasthan without paying for two gold coins worth 8 thousand rupees. Both of them, lured by real gold, reached Katni on 8 March by Dayodaya Express. They booked an auto from Katni Mudwara station with their friend Ravindra Rajput and went to Katni bypass. They met two people with whom they talked about the transaction of gold coins and transferred 75 thousand rupees to the mobile number given for 10 thousand rupees. There was a fight between the two Rajasthani youths and unknown Pardhis regarding the bargaining of gold coins and the transaction of money, in which both the youths got injured. Both the youths have received serious injuries in the fight and have been admitted to the Government District Hospital Katni for treatment. After the fight, the police is searching for the unknown people through technical investigation on the basis of the phone number given by the injured youths.