Overview

• FIR filed at BKC Police Station under sections for criminal breach of trust and cheating with sanction from the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone 8, names 50-year-old Rajeshkumar Sharma as the accused.
• Complainant Rajesh Becharbhai Vithani states he entrusted two consignments totaling 920.68 carats of cut and polished natural and lab-grown diamonds valued at ₹1.81 crore to Sharma on a jhangad note.
• Sharma allegedly failed to return or pay for the gemstones after claiming medical emergencies and subsequently became unreachable with his phone switched off.
• Investigators are examining Sharma’s phone records, bank transactions and asset trail to trace the missing diamonds and establish his current whereabouts.
• The case highlights a trend in Mumbai’s diamond trade where fraudsters are shifting from physical thefts to sophisticated paper-based consignment scams.