Gurugram Police makes two more arrests in 'cheap gold coin' fraud case

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Gurugram, Two ladies, with suspected hyperlinks with an interstate gang that allegedly defrauded a Gurugram exporter of 2.49 crore in money and 50 tolas of gold, have been arrested on this connection, police mentioned on Wednesday.

Gurugram Police makes two more arrests in 'cheap gold coin' fraud case
Gurugram Police makes two extra arrests in ‘low-cost gold coin’ fraud case

The duo, allegedly related to Solanki Prabhubhai, a Gujarat-based movie producer and the “kingpin” of the gang, had been lodged in Kota jail in Rajasthan in reference to a earlier case and had been arrested by Gurugram Police after being taken on manufacturing warrant, they added.

Police obtained two-day custody of the accused after they had been produced in a metropolis court docket on Wednesday, police mentioned.

In keeping with police, the accused had been recognized as Teju Gangaram Rathore , a resident of Khandwa district in Madhya Pradesh, and Solanki Shantiben , a resident of Vadodara district in Gujarat.

Preliminary inquiry revealed each accused have legal information, with Teju named in two fraud instances in Gujarat and one in Rajasthan, and Shanti Ben charged in a single fraud case in Rajasthan.

On April 15, Gurugram Police busted an interstate fraud community that allegedly lured folks by promising low-cost gold cash.

Police had earlier arrested 4 different accused, together with the alleged mastermind Solanki Prabhubhai, on this connection.

Greater than 2.30 crore in money and round 678 grams of gold had been recovered from their possession.

Prabhubhai has allegedly been concerned in fraudulent dealings for the previous 25 years, with most of his shady actions primarily based in Mumbai and Gujarat, police mentioned.

With the proceeds from these frauds, he allegedly bought Lodge PM, positioned in Karjan-Lakodra on the Delhi-Mumbai highway in Gujarat’s Vadodara.

Round 15 years in the past, he defrauded Bollywood actor Aditya Pancholi of 25 lakh and Salman Khan’s father Salim Khan of 20 lakhs, a Gurugram Police spokesperson mentioned.

“Six accused have been arrested to this point on this case. We’re questioning the feminine accused after taking them on police remand,” he added.

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