City-based jeweller duped of ₹3 crore gold by fake traders
A jewellery firm in Bengaluru was reportedly duped of gold ornaments worth nearly ₹3 crore by a gang posing as wholesale buyers. The incident involved a carefully orchestrated distraction that allowed the suspects to escape with the gold. Police have registered a case and are actively searching for the accused.
- ▪A three-member gang duped Mehta Gold Pvt. Ltd. in Bengaluru's Malleswaram area.
- ▪The gang escaped with approximately 1.850 kg of gold ornaments valued at over ₹3 crore.
- ▪Police have registered an FIR and are searching for the suspects involved in the crime.
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A three-member gang posing as prospective wholesale buyers allegedly duped a jewellery firm and escaped with gold ornaments worth nearly ₹3 crore in Bengaluru’s Malleswaram area.Based on a complaint filed by Mahendra Kumar D. Jain, sales manager of Mehta Gold Pvt. Ltd., the Malleswaram police have registered an FIR under Sections 305(a), 318(4) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita against Paresh Soni, Chandrashekhar Rao and Shyam.According to the complaint, Mahendra Kumar and another employee, Prakash, were instructed by their senior colleague on May 16 to carry around 3 kg of gold jewellery samples from the firm’s Nagarathpet outlet to the office of Maahi Enterprise, located on Sampige Road, Malleswaram.The police said Paresh Soni had introduced himself as a Delhi-based wholesale gold…
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