Srinagar: Police in Srinagar have arrested an individual involved in the sale of counterfeit gold ornaments, an official handout informed Thursday.
It said acting on a complaint filed by one Nisar Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Bindoo Kokernag, at present living in Srinagar and working as a storekeeper at Lalmandi area, stating that he had purchased gold ornaments from the proprietor of M/S Soliya Ornaments in Bijbehara – which later on out to be fake – police arrested the accused gold smith — Mehraj Din Qazi, son of Ghulam Mohammad Qazi of Bijbihara, and seized the fake jewellery.
During questioning, the accused admitted to deceiving customers by embossing fake hallmarks on gold-like ornaments, police said, adding that the accused had been making home deliveries of these counterfeit items to various locations of Srinagar City.
The laboratory tests of the seized gold jewellery have confirmed that the ornaments in question are indeed counterfeit, police said, adding that the investigation of the case is going on to uncover any further links in this fraudulent network.
