Kozhikode: The Medical College police on Saturday arrested a man who allegedly cheated a woman he had befriended on Facebook and fled with her 10 sovereigns of gold.

The accused, identified as Shaneer Kottakulam from Neeleswaram, Kasaragod, met the complainant — a Govindapuram native — on Facebook just three days before the incident. He reportedly told her that he could help pawn her jewellery for a higher loan amount with lower interest rates.

On Thursday, the woman handed over the ornaments — including her own and her mother’s wedding chains — to Shaneer near the Valayanad Temple, after he assured her that he would return soon after weighing them. However, he never came back.

When her attempts to contact him failed — as Shaneer blocked her on Facebook Messenger and other platforms — she filed a complaint with the Medical College police. The investigation team tracked him down to his residence in Kasaragod and recovered the stolen gold.

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Police have booked Shaneer under Section 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for cheating and fraudulently inducing a person to deliver property.

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