NEW DELHI: A Class XII student fell prey to one of the most dramatic con trick. Not only did he lose his sports bike but also a mobile phone to the conmen , who he connected with on an e-commerce site.

The 19-year-old victim, Mohammed Sohail, who lived in Nehru Vihar planned to sell his R 15 bike to meet his family’s financial needs. He posted an ad on OLX a fortnight ago and began communicating with interested buyers.

On Friday, he fixed a meeting with one such buyer and met him at Wazirabad road of Gokulpuri area in east Delhi around 6am.

There were two men who quizzed Sohail about the performance, mileage and other details of the bike.

Sohail asked Rs 55,000 for the bike but the duo negotiated it down to Rs 48,000. Soon after the discussion, the conmen asked Sohail for his keys for a test drive.

One of them sat on his bike and began to take a spin around the spot while the other asked Sohail for his phone to make an urgent call to their parents to get the money.

Sohail followed their instructions and handed over the mobile. The man riding the bike suddenly zoomed off while the other jumped on screaming that they will be back shortly. Sohail waited for 15 minutes only to be told by passersby that he had perhaps been conned. He then borrowed a phone and alerted the police.

Police too were puzzled as the offence neither fell under the category of a theft nor a robbery. An FIR under Section 406 (criminal breach of trust) of IPC was registered at the local police station.

Police are now scanning the details of the mobile number through which the conmen contacted Sohail. The accused youths were also teenagers and seem to be locals of the area. Police are also contacting OLX to seek details of their profile.

Recently, a video had gone viral on social media where a man was conned in a similar way, however, it had turned out to be a prank.

