Fraud: 20-yr-old pays ₹9,000 for smartphone, gets glass slab

A 20-year-old Delhi resident who works in the city was duped of ₹9,000 by an unidentified person, who sold him a smartphone that later turned out to be a glass slab, at the Sector 52 crossing on Monday, the police said.

Shivam Mishra, a resident of Rohini in Delhi, works as support staff at a private hospital in Sector 43. Around 2.30pm on Monday, he was waiting for an autorickshaw to travel from Sector 57 to the Huda City Centre Metro station when the phone seller accosted him.

Shivam Mishra, a resident of Rohini in Delhi, works as support staff at a private hospital in Sector 43. Around 2.30pm on Monday, he was waiting for an autorickshaw to travel from Sector 57 to the Huda City Centre Metro station when the phone seller accosted him.