A miscreant who was trying to dupe a city based jeweller to the tune of Rs1.25 lakh was nabbed by Jehangirabad police. A few days ago, two cheats had sold fake jewellery to a shop owner. One of the miscreants is absconding.
Police said the victim, identified as lakhwinder Patil (28), was duped by Gopal Gupta and Suraj Soni. They handed over fake gold ornaments that had gold layer.
A complaint was lodged with the Jehangirabad police.
In the complaint the victim claimed that few days back he met with one Gopal Gupta and introduced his friend Suraj Soni who wanted to mortgage a jewellery gold worth Rs1.25 lakh and later it was decided that Suraj would provide the jewellery.
On Wednesday the victim and accused met near Vardhan hospital and after checking the jewellery the victim found that it was having hallmark and found it authentic. later when the victim checked the gold it was found fake.
After finding that the gold was fake Gopal Gupta was nabbed by the victim and was handed over to the police while the other accused Suraj Soni managed to escape and is still missing.
Search for the fraudster has been started. During the investigation several places were raided but the accused was not found during the raids.
Further details of the matter would be revealed after the arrest of the absconding accused. Police are searching for the details of the accused. The police have registered a case under Section 420 of the IPC and have started further investigation.