Gold Smith held at Bijbehara for using fraudulent means: Police
Srinagar: Police in Srinagar apprehended an individual involved in the sale of counterfeit gold ornaments, a police spokesman said Thursday.
He said that police received a written complaint by Nisar Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Bindoo Kokernag, at present living in Srinagar and working as a storekeeper at Lalmandi Srinagar, stating therein that he had purchased gold ornaments from one Mehraj Din Qazi, the proprietor of M/S Soliya Ornaments in Bijbihara. Upon close observation once purchased, they turned out to be fake.
In this connection, a case vide FIR No. 02/2025 under relevant sections of law was registered in Police Station Nowhatta, the spokesman said.
Acting swiftly, the investigating team arrested the accused shopkeeper identified as Mehraj Din Qazi son of Ghulam Mohammad Qazi resident of Bijbihara, and seized the fake jewellery.
During questioning, the accused admitted to deceiving customers by embossing fake hallmarks on gold-like ornaments. The investigating team also learnt that the accused had been making home deliveries of these counterfeit items to various locations of Srinagar City, including Nowhatta.
The laboratory tests of the seized gold jewellery have confirmed that the ornaments in question are indeed counterfeit, the spokesman added.
The investigation of the case is going on to uncover any further links in this fraudulent network, the spokesman added.
