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Panaji, Margao  TNN Oct 8, 2008, 04.03am IST  PANAJI/MARGAO: In
two separate incidents in Panaji and Margao, persons posing as
policemen relieved unsuspecting individuals of their gold
ornaments.  A 65-year-old woman, Eugenia Rodrigues from Shirgao,
complained to the police that she had come to Panaji and was
waiting at the Kadamba bus stand when two men claiming to be
Delhi police officers approached her. They asked her to remove
her gold jewellery and threatened to issue her a challan is she
refused. Scared, the woman did as she was instructed. The two
men then took her handbag and said they would place the
jewellery in it to ensure its safety.  They returned the bag
after pretending to place the jewellery in it. However, she
later found that her jewellery worth around Rs 10,000 was
missing. According to the complaint, the men were well built,
well dressed and fair. The incident occurred at 11.30 am.  Later
in the afternoon, a similar incident