A case of cheating involving Rs20 lakh was registered against a jeweller based in Kotwali area of the city. The accused had not returned the amount to the complainant woman who had mortgaged her ornaments with the jeweller and had also paid the debt, police said on Wednesday.
According police Shabana Parveen (30) resident of Sanjay Nagar Tikarapar, Raipur in the month of September 2012 had given Rs3.40 lakh to Banaras Jewellers located in Halwai lane Kotwali for making some ornaments.later on, she mortgaged her ornaments and took Rs9 lakh from the jeweller, police said. By the month of August, 2013 she paid the debt and demanded back her ornaments. The accused told Shabana Parveen that he had run out of money and offered a plot in return. Shabana agreed over the proposal and gave additional Rs7.32 for the plot. However, the accused jeweller Sohan Dubey never got plot registered on Shabana’s name, Sub Inspector Rajesh Mishra informed. a case of cheating has been lodged against Sohan Dubey.