Five persons, including two women, were arrested by the police at Chandikhol in Jajpur district on Thursday on the charge of selling fake gold jewellery to unsuspecting public.
Following a complaint that a group of five persons were moving in the Chandikhol area hawking fake gold ornaments, the police started investigation and arrested them at Chandikhol.
The police zeroed in on them following a tipoff from a victim, Ashutosh Roul, of Kanakapur under the Tirtol police station in Jagatsinghpur district who on Wednesday purchased 200 grams of ‘gold’ from the arrested persons at a cost of `2.29 lakh. Roul came to know on Thursday that he purchased fake gold ornaments and filed an FIR in the police station.
The police started investigation and came to know that all the fake gold sellers were staying at Chandikhol. The Tirtol police with the help of their Chandikhol counterpart arrested the five persons, Dilip Pradhan (40), Rama Pradhan (25), Akshay Pradhan (27) , Runu Pradhan (20) and Gouri Pradhan (24), of Mundamala village near Chandikhol, said Chandikhol police outpost officer Rakesh Tripathy.