Cash, gold worth Rs 2.5 crore seized from man arrested for cheating
Bengaluru, Jul 8 (PTI): Gold ornaments and cash worth Rs 2.5 crore was seized from a man who has been arrested for allegedly cheating a jewellery shop owner in Jayanagar here, police said on Tuesday.
With his arrest, police claimed to have recovered 3.16 kg of gold ornaments and Rs 8.53 lakh in cash from him.
The complainant approached Jayanagar Police Station on June 13, police said.
In his complaint, the jewellery shop owner stated that for the past four years, he had been giving gold bars from his shop to a person who runs a gold melting and ornament-making unit in Jayanagar, to make various styles of ornaments as instructed.
According to police, Similarly, during the period from April 29 to June 4, he handed over a total of 8 kg 351 grams of gold bars to the same person.
However, the person received the gold but failed to return the crafted ornaments and allegedly defrauded the complainant.
Giving details about the case during a press conference here, Bengaluru Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh said that in this case, the jewellery shop owner had given gold to the accused to make ornaments. He received the entire gold in a period of about 40 days. Afterwards, when he had to return the completed ornaments, he escaped.
The accused was not responding to calls. So the jewellery shop owner preferred a complaint that the concerned person was missing with their gold, he said.
"Based on that complaint, police registered a case and recovered gold and cash worth Rs 2.5 crore. The accused has been arrested and we are verifying if he was previously involved in any other such activities," Singh added.
During detailed interrogation, the accused revealed that while he had stored a small portion of the gold bullion at his residence, he had sold the remaining, police said.
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M'luru: School physical education teacher’s body found under mysterious circumstances in well
Ullal: The body of a 51-year-old physical education teacher was found in a well at his residence in Kondana, under the limits of Kotekar town, on Friday evening.
The deceased has been identified as Prabhakar Jogi, who was serving as a physical education teacher at the Government School in Kallarakodi, Naringana village. Police suspect that he may have died by suicide, allegedly due to health-related issues.
According to police, Prabhakar had dropped his daughter at Uchila School earlier in the day for the school anniversary programme and returned home.
He was later preparing to attend the same event along with his wife and son, when he suddenly went missing. A search was launched by family members, following which his body was found in the well located at his house.
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Police said that Prabhakar Jogi was reportedly suffering from a neurological disorder. He had served in several schools across Ullal taluk and was actively involved in organisations of physical education teachers.
Ullal police visited the spot, conducted an inspection and sent the body for post-mortem examination.
In his complaint to the police, Prabhakar’s son, Sai Tejas, stated that his father had jumped into the well and that there was no suspicion surrounding the death.
Based on the complaint, a case has been registered and further investigation is underway.
