Dhubri: A 59-year-old schoolteacher was allegedly duped of gold ornaments worth around Rs 4 lakh by three fraudsters posing as plainclothes police personnel in a brazen daylight robbery in Assam’s Dhubri town on Monday.

The victim, identified as Jotsna Begum, was targeted at around 11:45 a.m. on A.K. Azad Road after she had collected medicines from a local pharmacy and was on her way home.

According to the complaint, two men approached Begum and identified themselves as undercover police officers. They allegedly asked her to remove all her gold jewellery, claiming that a murder had taken place further up the road and that it was unsafe to wear valuables in the area.

When Begum reportedly hesitated and attempted to leave, a third man joined the two and appeared to cooperate with them by removing his own “gold” ornaments and handing them over, seemingly to convince her that the men were genuine police personnel.

Believing their claims, Begum reportedly handed over her gold ornaments for safekeeping. The three men then fled from the spot with the jewellery, allegedly worth around Rs 4 lakh.

A complaint has been lodged with the police, who have launched an investigation to identify and trace the accused. Authorities are also examining CCTV footage from the area as part of the probe.