Two unidentified individuals posed as crime branch officials and tricked a 70-year-old Thane man into removing his gold ornaments worth Rs 70,000 in Thane district, police said on Monday, reported news agency PTI.

The incident occurred on August 24 at around 11:15 am, when the victim, Damodar Patil, was travelling in a car on the Nashik-Mumbai highway near Lodha Dham, reported PTI.