Bullion firm owner duped of Rs 1.6 crore with fake currency notes carrying picture of Anupam Kher

Thakkar was allegedly told that immoderate radical wanted to bargain 2,100 grams of gold. The accused allegedly wanted the golden delivered astatine a courier steadfast connected CG Road successful Navrangpura country connected September 24. Thakkar sent his employees with the golden astatine the bureau wherever the 2 accused were present. Thakkar’s employees delivered the golden and the accused gave them a integrative screen which they said had Rs 1.3 crore successful cash.

The accused besides asked them to number the aforesaid successful a counting machine. In the meantime, arsenic per police, the 2 accused escaped from the store with the gold, saying that they are going to cod the remaining magnitude of Rs 30 lakh from an adjoining shop. However, arsenic Thakkar’s employees opened the integrative cover, they recovered fake notes successful it.

A lawsuit has been registered astatine the Navrangpura constabulary station. Speaking with The Indian Express, inspector A A Desai said, “The accused acceptable a crippled to dupe the bullion firm. Even the courier steadfast wherever the transportation of golden happened was a fake 1 without immoderate registered rent agreement. They had taken the store connected rent and enactment a fake committee of the courier steadfast determination portion promising the onshore lord to motion the rent statement successful a time oregon two. The currency notes they delivered were fake with pictures of Anupam Kher connected it.”

So far, nary apprehension has been made successful the lawsuit and the probe is on.