Gang selling fake gold busted, three arrested
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‘The accused have allegedly duped many people in A.P., Telangana and Karnataka’
The Prakasam police on Friday arrested three individuals together with two from Karnataka on cost of duping individuals by selling fake gold ornaments.
The accused have been recognized as Govindu Kalyan Nayak (23), J.Sivaiah (30) and Gowrappa (35).
“One of the accused introduced himself as Ravi to Bojja Adam of Nagambotlapalem village near Tallur, saying that his brother, an earth-mover operator, had unearthed gold from a farm near Madurai in Tamil Nadu. Ravi allegedly told Mr. Adam that he wanted to sell the gold at cheap price as he was in urgent need of money,” Ongole DSP {K}.V.V.N.V. Prasad mentioned.
Modus operandi
M. Adam talked about within the police complainant that he met the brother of the accused at ABM College on October 2 . The brother allegedly received checked a chunk of gold decoration by a gold smith. Mr. Adam paid him ₹1 lakh as advance and paid ₹6 lakh on the time of supply of the gold.
Mr. Adam went to Palamaner in Chittoor district the place the accused gave him a plastic bag containing the ornaments weighing 2 kg. Mr. Adam realised that he was cheated when he discovered the gold fake.
He approached the II Town police in Ongle on October 15 in any case his efforts to contact the accused have been in useless.
Prakasam Superintendent of Police Siddharth Kaushal fashioned two particular groups which arrested the accused at Obli village close to Kolar and Yerapothunahalli village close to Chikballapur in Karnataka.
Investigation revealed that the accused had cheated a number of individuals in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka prior to now by adopting the identical modus operandi.
“The activities of habitual offenders are being monitored closely,” the SP mentioned.
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