Father-son booked for pilfering gold price ₹1.71 cr from jeweller
MUMBAI: A case has been registered towards a father-son jeweller duo and their employee after they allegedly misappropriated 2,096 grams of gold price round ₹1.71 crore belonging to a Kalbadevi-based jeweller. In response to the police, the accused made a false declare to the jeweller that the gold he had given them for making ornaments had been stolen by a employee.
A police officer stated that they had registered a case on the grievance of Bharat Jain, who has a retailer in Zaveri Bazaar in South Mumbai. “The complainant makes jewelry for Malabar Gold, Bima Gold and Navratna Gold,” stated a police officer. “On November 15, he acquired an order from Malabar Gold to make bracelets, chains, rings and bangles. He gave the order to Padmavati Jewellers in Chinchpokli East owned by Kalpesh Jain and his son Pranat. Their employee, Nilesh Ufhale was current in any respect the conferences and was a part of the conspiracy.”
The complainant gave Kalpesh Jain the gold to make the jewelry and was promised supply in ten days. “After getting extra orders on November 23 from Malabar Gold, he gave extra gold to Kalpesh and Pranat Jain for extra jewelry,” stated the police officer. “At that time, the daddy and son informed the complainant that they’d ship the jewelry within the subsequent few days, as there was plenty of workload. Nevertheless, each time he contacted them, they gave him some or the opposite excuse to not ship.”
On December 3, the complainant lastly acquired round 1,000 grams or 1 kg of gold jewelry. When he inquired concerning the remaining ornaments, the daddy and son informed him they’d quickly ship these as properly. “However they by no means did,” stated the police officer. “When the complainant tried calling, Kalpesh’s telephone was switched off, so he known as Pranat. That’s when Pranat informed him {that a} employee from Kolkata had fled with round 5 kilos of gold, and his father had gone to Kolkata to trace him down.”
When the complainant visited the close by Kalachowki police station beneath whose jurisdiction the accused’s unit fell, the police informed him there was no such case registered with them. “When the complainant questioned the accused about it, he returned 500 grammes of gold to him on January 2,” stated the police officer. “Lastly, uninterested in pursuing them, he approached us and we registered a case towards Kalpesh, his son Pranat and their employee Nilesh Ufhale on February 26.”
The case has been registered beneath Sections 316 (2) (punishment for prison breach of belief) and 318 (4) (dishonest) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. “The accused have gotten anticipatory bail,” stated the police officer.
