Mumbai: Two held from Rajasthan for duping jeweller of Rs 42 lakh

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Mumbai Police on Wednesday said that it arrested two persons from Jalore in Rajasthan for allegedly duping a city-based jeweller of Rs 42 lakh on the pretext of providing him ornaments with new designs, a police official said on Wednesday, reported the PTI.

The Mumbai Police official said that the police have recovered Rs 35 lakh cash from the duo.

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According to the official from LT Marg police station, the complainant, who has a shop in South Mumbai, recently met prime accused Hukum Singh Rajput at an exhibition in Hyderabad. Rajput claimed that he could make jewellery with many new designs, prompting the complainant to place an order for ornaments worth Rs 50 lakh, the official told the PTI.

A few days later, the accused and his accomplice arrived in Mumbai and informed the complainant that they had brought the ordered jewellery.

While the complainant initially insisted that he would pay only after receiving his order, the smooth-talking accused persuaded him to send money first.

The accused sent his accomplice Chattar Singh to the shop of the complainant, who gave him Rs 42 lakh in cash and said he would pay the remaining Rs 8 lakh after delivery.

When there was no sign of the jewellery after a few hours, the complainant called the accused and his accomplice but their numbers were switched off, said the official, according to the PTI.

Acting on a complaint by the jeweller, police went through footage of several CCTV cameras and used technical evidence to track down the two men to Jalore in Rajasthan. They were arrested on Tuesday, he said.

Police have recovered Rs 35 lakh cash, four mobile phones and a car from the two, he added.

Meanwhile, in an another incident last week, a Mumbai-based man was arrested on Friday by Thane police for allegedly looting people by promising them gold at cheap rates, an official told the PTI on Saturday.

Three cases have been uncovered in which the accused, a resident of Byculla in the metropolis, promised people gold seized by banks at cheap rates, Thane Crime Branch property cell senior inspector Anand Raorane told the PTI.

"When clients used to arrive with cash to buy cheap gold, the accused used to loot the money. In one case, he took away Rs 25 lakh of a man after threatening him with a chopper under Srinagar police station limits," he said.

The man has been arrested and efforts are on to nab other members of his gang, the official said.

(with PTI inputs)