Magic tricks: Trader swindled out of Rs20,000

A man claims that his brother, who was cheated out of Rs20,000 by a swindler, is unable to speak since the incident.

QUAIDABAD: A man claims that his brother, who was cheated out of Rs20,000 by a swindler, has been unable to speak since the incident.

Chaudhry Sagheer Virk told reporters that Zafar Iqbal Virk, his older brother, was a trader.

Last week, a malang approached him and said that he could help him double his money.

When Zafar told him to show him how he would do it, the swindler put a small amount of soil on Zafar’s palm and told him to make a fist.

He then mumbled something and told him to open his hand. Zafar found a pearl in his hand.

The malang asked him to close his hand and then asked him to open it. This time, the pearl had been replaced by a rose, which the swindler asked Zafar to smell. As soon as Zafar did that, he fainted.

He regained consciousness a couple of hours later to find that the Rs20,000 he had on him was missing. Sagheer said Zafar had been communicating with the family by writing notes.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 27^th, 2013.