Overview

• Monda Market police in Hyderabad arrested 18 suspects in a staged fake gold sale robbery, recovering ₹43.21 lakh, 59 grams of gold jewelry, multiple vehicles and 23 mobile phones.
• Pune Crime Branch units 5 and 6 apprehended six adults and detained a minor from interstate gangs that targeted devotees during Palkhi processions, seizing over 220 grams of gold ornaments and 14 stolen cell phones.
• Mumbai’s MHB Colony police captured a 19-year-old jewelry firm employee, his father and an accomplice behind a Borivali heist, recovering the entire ₹12 crore gold consignment after a 72-hour operation.
• BKC Police in Mumbai busted a three-member gang duping jewellers with counterfeit 24-carat gold bars, linking them to multiple fraud cases within city jurisdictions.
• Mumbai crime branch arrested three men operating a ₹25 crore Ponzi scheme under AJ Enterprises, noting that the accused threatened and assaulted clients who demanded returns.