A 65-year-old woman was tricked into parting with her gold ornaments worth Rs 4 lakh by two conmen posing as police officials in Kothrud.

The two approached the woman and asked her to take off the ornaments she was wearing as there had been an increase in cases of chain-snatching and people posing as police officials in Kothrud. The incident took place near Shivtara housing society and Gananjay society yesterday afternoon.