Thane police booked a Gujarat jeweller for defrauding a city-based gold merchant, said an official on Wednesday. According to a report in PTI, the merchant was defrauded of Rs 71.18 lakh. 

Reportedly, the victim had a long history with the accused, who had previously supplied gold to him on a payment basis. The Gujarat jeweller had asked the merchant to send jewellery worth Rs 71, 18, 491 and the latter complied and delivered the ornaments. However, the accused did not pay for the same, an official from Wagle Estate Police station told PTI.