Man rents shop to set up fake jewellery store to con goldsmith
The Hindu
The Magadi Road police on Wednesday arrested a 23-year-old man who allegedly set up a fake jewellery store to cheat a goldsmith of five gold chains valued at over ₹16 lakh. The conman and two of his a
The Magadi Road police on Wednesday arrested a 23-year-old man who allegedly set up a fake jewellery store to cheat a goldsmith of five gold chains valued at over ₹16 lakh. The conman and two of his associates went through extreme lengths to carry out the crime.
“They rented out a shop and paid an advance of ₹25,000 to the shop owner which they stocked with a few pieces of second-hand furniture. It was a meticulous plan,” said a police officer. A team tracked down the conman, Farhan Abbas, to his hometown in Alipura in Gauribidanur talulk of Chickballapur district.
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