A diamond dealer was arrested for allegedly decamping with treasured stones price Rs 7.86 crore collected from completely different merchants in Gujarat’s Surat metropolis, police stated on Sunday.
The accused had procured the diamonds from 32 completely different merchants based mostly within the metropolis on the pretext of getting higher charges and later absconded with them, an official from Varachha police station stated.
The person left his cell phone together with his sister-in-law and requested her to format it and destroy the SIM, he stated.
“An FIR was registered beneath sections 406 (felony breach of belief) and different related provisions of the Indian Penal Code,” the official stated.
The police saved a watch on the home of the accused man’s relative in Surendranagar and arrested him, he stated.
The police recovered the stolen diamonds and jewelry price Rs 2.9 lakh from his possession, the official stated.
The accused claimed that he was fed up with the diamond enterprise, which his father had handed over to him and wished to begin his personal storage with the cash, he added.
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