SURAT: An unidentified individual was reserved at Mahidharpura police headquarters on Wednesday for conning a gold bullion merchant of Rs 29.90 lakh. The blamed acquired 1kg gold from the gold bullion merchant and gave him a check. At the point when the gold bullion merchant displayed the check for instalment in his bank, the guarantor had by then trained his bank to stop instalment.

Pradeep Patni (42), an inhabitant of Adajan, moved toward police after he neglected to recuperate cash for the gold that he had sold. Patni, who runs Omkar Hallmark Centre at Mahidharpura, affirmed in his grumbling that an unidentified individual obtained gold worth Rs 29.90 lakh from him on June 19. The denounced made instalment through check and guaranteed that it will be cleared. Be that as it may, Patni did not get instalment as the guarantor had issued stop instalment directions to his bank.

The check was issued by a stainless steel organization and the blamed had given a duplicate to dish card of ThakoreParshuramsinghVishwanathKalikasingh as recognize evidence. The police are gathering subtle elements of the backer and furthermore about the ledger.

They are likewise attempting to distinguish the individual who had obtained the gold from the merchant.

"It involves examination how precisely the extortion was done. There are many missing connections for the situation, however a definite examination will draw out the certainties," the police said.