Archive · 3 Dec 2025
Jewellery trader duped of ₹33 lakh in fake gold exchange
A man who sells gold jewellery in Hooghly made a deal with a jewellery workshop in Ghola.
They agreed to exchange gold biscuits for gold jewellery.
The Hooghly man gave fake gold biscuits to the Ghola workshop owner in exchange for real gold jewellery worth ₹33 lakh.
When the workshop owner checked the gold biscuits, they found out they were fake.
The Hooghly man has run away, and the police are looking for him.
They have found some jewellery in his house but haven't caught him yet.
A gold jewellery dealer from Hooghly exchanged fake gold biscuits for genuine gold jewellery worth ₹33 lakh with a workshop owner in Ghola, North 24 Parganas.
The exchange took place in the Sonapatti area of Kolkata, where the accused handed over the fake gold biscuits in exchange for the jewellery.
The workshop owner discovered the gold biscuits were fake after testing them in his workshop.
The accused jewellery dealer from Hooghly is currently absconding, and the police are conducting searches to nab him.
The police have recovered some jewellery from the accused's house in Rishra, Hooghly district, and an investigation is ongoing.
- Who
- A gold jewellery dealer from Hooghly and a jewellery workshop owner in Ghola, North 24 Parganas
- What
- A jewellery trader was duped by exchanging gold jewellery for fake gold biscuits worth ₹33 lakh
- When
- The incident occurred on an unspecified date, with the police filing a complaint on December 3
- Where
- The exchange took place in the Sonapatti area of Kolkata, and the accused is believed to be from Rishra in Hooghly district
- Why
- The accused intended to defraud the jewellery workshop owner by providing fake gold biscuits in exchange for genuine gold jewellery
- Victim
- Gold jewellery workshop owner in Ghola, North 24 Parganas
- Accused
- Gold jewellery dealer from Hooghly
- Amount Involved
- ₹33 lakh
- Location of Incident
- Sonapatti, Kolkata
- Status of Accused
- Absconding
- Jewellery Recovered
- Some jewellery recovered from the accused's house in Rishra, Hooghly
- Police Action
- Investigation ongoing, searches conducted in Rishra