A 62-year-old man has been arrested by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police for allegedly cheating an Afghan national by inducing him for selling his emerald stone on at higher price.
The accused has been identified as Gulam Hasan alias, a resident of Mustafabad in Kashmir who was arrested by the EOW team on February 25.
According to Dr O P Mishra, the Joint Commissioner of Police, EOW, a case was registered on a complaint of Syed Shah Agha who is a resident of Afghanistan.
“In his complaint he stated that he has a business of emerald stone in Afghanistan and on July 26, he came to India for selling emerald on invitation of a person. Due to some reason, he couldn’t sell the same to that person, who had given him advance amount in Afghanistan and invited him to India with emerald,” said the Joint CP.
“During his stay in Jama Masjid area in Delhi, he came in contact with the accused person. Gulam Hasan assured that he will sell the Emerald on a higher price. On believing the words of Gulam, he handed over 1940 caret small Emerald to Gulam for selling it at the price of Rs 6,000-8,000 per caret,” said the Joint CP.
“After three days, Gulam came back and told that he has sold small Emerald for Rs 5,000 per caret and gave only 7 lakh rupees to him and assured to give remaining amount very soon. He again took 2,210 caret emerald for Rs 15,000-16,000 per caret. After 2-3 days, Gulam came and stated that he has sold all Emerald for Rs 8,000 per caret and gave only Rs 10 lakh for emerald and assured to give remaining amount in 15 days,” said the Joint CP.
“Gulam was contacted various times to return either Emerald or amount but he never did so. He came to know that Gulam was telling a lie. During investigation, it was revealed that after selling the emerald worth of Rs 2.73 Crores, accused gave only Rs 21 lakh and remaining amount was not paid till date. He knows that the complainant belongs to Afghanistan and he will not remain in India for a long time. Hence, he deliberately started delaying the matter,” said the Joint CP.
