Mumbai, Dec 14 (PTI) A gang of fraudsters has allegedly cheated a Mumbai-based man of Rs 25 lakh by falsely claiming to have found gold ornaments during excavation and then selling counterfeit jewellery to him, police said on Sunday.

The police have arrested five of the gang members, all hailing from Jalore district in Rajasthan, they said.

The victim, Dinesh Mehta (51), resident of Mumbai’s Malad area, in his police complaint said that one of the accused, Babulal Bhalaram Waghela, had befriended him by conversing in the Rajasthani language. Show Full Article

The accused then claimed he had found gold ornaments weighing about 900 gm during excavation behind a temple in Nashik, a Malad police official said.

Waghela asked the victim to either help him sell the ornaments or buy them himse

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