Mumbai Crime Branch Arrests 2 Former Dubai Jewellery Shop Staff Over ₹50 Lakh Extortion, ₹55 Lakh Gold Fraud
Mumbai: The Mumbai Crime Branch’s Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) has arrested two former employees of a jewellery shop in Dubai in connection with an alleged extortion and death-threat case involving a demand of ₹50 lakh. Former cashier Ajay Bharatbhai Pathar was arrested from Amreli in Gujarat, while former shop in-charge Subrato Dhaniram Barman was arrested from Darjeeling in West Bengal. Court…
Mumbai Crime Branch arrests two former Dubai jewellery shop staff accused of a ₹50 lakh extortion and gold fraud case. Ajay Bharatbhai Pathar, a former cashier, and Subrato Dhaniram Barman, the former shop in-charge, were apprehended from Amreli, Gujarat, and Darjeeling, West Bengal respectively. Both were produced before the Esplanade Court and remanded in police custody for one day.
The alleged extortion and fraud took place at Kanz Aldera Jewellery in Dubai's Deira Gold Souk, where Devendra Vinodray Dhanak, a 51-year-old executive manager, was a victim. According to the complaint, Barman and Pathar allegedly demanded ₹50 lakh and threatened to kill Dhanak. The accused are also accused of siphoning off 470 grams of genuine gold worth around ₹55 lakh and replacing it with imitation ornaments of the same weight.
The fraud was discovered when other staff noticed discrepancies in the stock during stock verification. The case has led to investigations into the accused's movements, financial transactions, and the alleged use of matching weight to conceal the fraud.
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