Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (SS)
Mangaluru, Oct 15: A complaint has been filed with the Mangaluru South police against a couple for pledging fake gold ornaments and obtaining loans fraudulently from a gold finance company.
The accused are identified Hastimal Parmar and his wife Sangeetha, residents of Monkey Stand.
The couple are accused of cheating a gold finance company by pledging 795 grams of fake gold, the complaint stated.
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The accused pledged fake gold on different days and got Rs 26,99,910 in the form of a loan. When experts at the gold finance company examined the gold on October 1, it was found that the gold that the couple had pledged was fake. The company then sent a notice to the accused asking them to make the payment towards the loan. When the couple failed to make any payment, the company filed a complaint of cheating and breach of trust against the couple with the Mangaluru South police.
A case has been registered.