Over 16 cases of fraud against Gwalior jewellers:Customers allege loss of gold worth crores; complaint queue grows against father, son duo

Allegations of a multi-crore fraud against the father-son duo who operated Vaishno Jewellers in DD Nagar, Gwalior, are continuing to grow. After the arrest of the main accused, Sachin Soni and his father Vinod Soni, from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, more victims have come forward. A queue of complainants has formed at Maharajpura police station, and 14 new complaints were received on Monday alone. How the fraud was carried out Initial investigations revealed that the accused first built a strong reputation in the market. They collected gold and cash from customers under the pretext of pledging gold, remodelling old jewellery, hallmarking, polishing, and making new ornaments. Many people were also lured with promises of getting their pawned gold released at low interest rates. After accumulating a large amount of gold and cash, the duo suddenly shut their shop and absconded. 80 lakh worth of gold defrauded First 3 farmers filed FIR After the arrest, the three farmers first reached the Maharajpura police station and lodged a complaint. Based on these complaints, the police registered an FIR on Sunday. Hallmarking delay used as excuse, says complainant jewelleryjewelleryjewelleryMeanwhile, Dharmveer Singh Gurjar, a resident of Maharajpura, told the police that he had given two and a half tola old gold and 65 thousand rupees to Sachin Soni to make a new chain. When he went to collect the chain on May 28, Sachin said that the hallmark was yet to be applied and asked him to come later. Some time after this, the accused closed the shop and fled. These victims were defrauded Note: Apart from these, cases have already been registered earlier at Kotwali police station on the complaint of Mansingh Gurjar and at Maharajpura on the complaint of three other farmers. Won trust and played game worth crores According to local residents, Sachin Soni and Vinod Soni had been doing business in the area for years. They had built a reputation among people by creating a very friendly and trustworthy image. Based on this trust, people deposited lakhs of rupees and a large quantity of gold with them. Police believe that the accused systematically collected people’s gold and cash and then fled after closing their shop simultaneously. Accused on remand, interrogation continues According to Maharajpura Police Station In-charge Yashwant Goyal, the number of complaints against the accused is continuously increasing. As new victims come forward, new FIRs are being registered based on evidence. The accused will be taken on remand and interrogated in new cases so that the swindled gold and cash can be recovered and the entire network can be exposed.