The Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths nabbed two persons who had duped a Raipur-based jeweller to the tune of Rs25 lakh. The accused were nabbed from Mumbai and cash Rs18 lakh has been also seized from their possession, police said on Monday. According to the police, on May 5 this year, an unidentified person had called on the landline number of JJ Jewellers and identified himself as Jugraj Kantilal.
He told Sumit Malu the owner of JJ Jeweller that he was from Rajasthan. The caller told Malu that he had close acquaintance with several of his relatives and urged Malu that he needed Rs25 lakh in Mumbai and in lieu of the payment his man (caller’s) was coming to pay Rs51 lakh in Raipur, CCB officials informed. Malu convinced by the talk, through some of his relatives in Mumbai paid Rs25 lakh . However, no one reached at his Raipur based shop. later on, realising the mistake, Malu registered a complaint with Kotwali police station, police said.
Taking note of the incident , Superintendent of Police Raipur BN Meena handed over case to CCB. After investigating the case, CCB sleuths nabbed both the accused from Jalour in Rajasthan. The accused were identified as Gopal Singh and Durg Singh of Jalour. Cash amounting to Rs18 lakh was recovered from their possession, Meena told reporters. During investigation, the accused revealed that in same manner they had duped a person in Chittor to the tune of Rs12 lakh, a man at Mumbai airport of Rs6 lakh, in Ahmedabad Rs30 lakh, in Mumbai Rs17 lakh and in Smeerpur, Rajasthan of Rs13 lakh.