Overview

• Birju Salla was detained from an undisclosed location by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch on July 2, 2025, for questioning in the jewellery cheating case.
• The FIR filed on June 10 alleges that in November 2024 he borrowed gold, silver and diamond ornaments from a Zaveri Bazar jeweller and failed to return items worth Rs 13 crore.
• A Mumbai court recently denied his application for anticipatory bail in the Rs 13 crore cheating case ahead of his detention.
• He remains wanted by Maharashtra authorities in a separate Ponzi scam, according to Deputy Commissioner of Police Ajit Rajian.
• Salla was sentenced to life imprisonment under the Anti-Hijacking Act in June 2019 but was acquitted by the Gujarat High Court in August 2023.