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Jabalpur: 4 held for duping man of nearly Rs 15 lakh by selling fake gold biscuits

12:14 PM Apr 16, 2021 | PTI

Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh): Four members of an inter-state gang have been arrested for allegedly duping a man of Rs 14.70 lakh by selling 19 fake gold biscuits to him, police said on Friday.

The accused were identified as Jagdish Monani (35), Pirjada M Sadiq (36), both from Ahmedabad in Gujarat, and Zakir Hussain Khan (40), Mohsin Sheikh (25), both from Thane in Maharashtra, City Superintendent of Police (Garha) Tushar Singh said.

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"These four members of the inter-state gang were arrested on Thursday for cheating a man, whom they sold 19 fake gold biscuits for Rs 14.70 lakh. Police have recovered the fake gold biscuits, Rs. 14.60 lakh cash and a car from the accused," he said.

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A complaint in this connection was lodged by Mukul Patel two days ago, after he realised that the biscuits sold to him were fake, he said. A case of cheating has been registered against the accused at Vijay Nagar police station here.

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