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The Halasuru Gate constabulary connected Tuesday, November 11, arrested a antheral and his lad for allegedly cheating a city-based jeweller of golden ornaments worthy ₹1.6 crore.
The accused person been identified arsenic Rajendra Kumar and his lad Jeevan, residents of Nehru Nagar successful Seshadripuram. They had a jewellery store and utilized to bargain golden valuables from the complainant connected a share-of-profit basis.
According to the police, the complainant, a jeweller from Nagarthpet, alleged that betwixt July 28 and September 4, the duo had taken golden ornaments from him connected the pretext of selling these and giving him a stock successful the profit, but neither returned the ornaments nor paid the merchantability proceeds.
After repeated follow-ups, the complainant approached the constabulary and filed a complaint.
Following a ailment filed connected September 8, the Halasuru Gate constabulary registered a lawsuit and arrested the accused from their residence.
The accused initially pleaded that they had incurred a concern nonaccomplishment and were not capable to pay, but a elaborate probe allegedly revealed that they had melted the golden ornaments and converted them into a golden bar, which they had hidden astatine their house.
The constabulary recovered a 1.3 kg golden barroom valued astatine ₹1.6 crore from the residence. The duo has been booked nether cheating and transgression breach of spot and remanded successful judicial custody.
