Hyderabad: The Hyderabad City Police arrested the accused/cheaters, who deceived one Shaik Haji by selling a fake diamond with a pretext of original diamond and seized the amount Rs. 1,15,20,000/- from their possession, That the sleuths of Commissioner’s Taskforce Central Zone Team, Hyderabad arrested two accused persons and seized net cash of Rs. 1, 15, 20,000 (Rupees One Crore Fifteen Lakh and Twenty Thousand) including One duplicate diamond, one Diamond Selector-II Testing device, one dick smith electronic weighing machine, one Ultra violet rays machine, one Table diamond selector light, one Canon jewelry loupes 18mm lens, one diamond clipper, one crown gem cleaner and two cell phones from the accused possession.
The arrested accused persons Mohd. Ather Siddique @ Ather and Mohd. Salam Khan @ Salam, the Police received a complaint from Shaik Haji, the complainant stated that he was cheated by two known persons Mohd. Ather Siddique @ Athar and Mohd Salam. The accused persons stated that they were possessing original 25 Carat Diamond Piece, which is a huge worth in market. Believing them, the complainant purchased the diamond paying money (One Crore Twenty Lakh Rupees) on 18-01-2018 in front of Swadesh Lodge, opposite Kamat Hotel, Nampally Station Road, Abids, Hyderabad. Subsequently, on 25-01-2018 he made it to test the said diamond to the exact value and shocked to know that the diamond was Fake and it is a normal monazite stone. Then he made a complaint with Abids Police, where a case was registered.
The complainant Mohd Haji and the accused Mohd Salam Khan @ Salam were earlier colleagues and used to work together at Salesmen at Mohammad Khan Jewelers, Nampally during the year 1996-2000. In the year of 2016, the accused Salman Khan sent his younger brother Mohd. Zubair Hayat Khan to Australia for job purpose for which he had taken huge debits from known persons.
The accused Mohd Salam and Mohd Ather Siddique @ Ather were in regular business of selling @ marketing stones & they became friends. Subsequently, both suffered losses in their business and they were in financial crisis. To overcome the financial debits, both (Mohd Salam and Mohd Ather Siddique @ Ather) hatched a plan to cheat the complainant as he has good prosperous friends to invest money in their business. As per their plan, the accused Mohd. Ather Siddique @ Ather purchased one fake diamond on 14-01-2018 at Charminar Sunday market for Rs. 3,500/- to cheat the complainant. Both accused called the complainant to Swadesh Lodge and bargain to sell the Fake Diamond for Rs. 1,20,00,000 (Rupees One Crore Twenty Lakhs).
That, As per their schedule, on 18-01-2018, the accused Salam Khan and Ather Siddique brought the fake diamond and shown to the complainant in front of Swadesh lodge, opposite Kamat Hotel, Nampally Station road, Abids, Hyderabad and Salam Khan checked the fake diamond with one testing device machine called as Diamond selector-II, proving it as original diamond duly playing some trick. Subsequently, the complainant handed over an amount of Rs. 1,20,00,000 (Rupees One Crore Twenty Lakhs)and collected the diamond stone in the evening on 18-01-2018 in front of Swadesh lodge, opposite Kamat Hotel, Nampally Station road, Abids, Hyderabad.
After one week of time, the complainant started asking the accused to show prosperous buyers to sell the diamond as per their understanding, but accused started postponing the matter one pretext to another dates. Meantime, the friends of the complainant (investors), who borrowed hand loan, started pressure the complainant to return their amount. As such the complainant thought to sell the said diamond in open market for returning money to the investors and shocked to know after checking it as the said diamond was a fake and only it is used for coat/shirt buttons.
The accused along with seized property i.e., net cash of Rs. 1, 15, 20,000 (Rupees One Crore Fifteen Lakh and Twenty Thousand) including, duplicate diamond, Diamond Selector-II Testing device, dick smith electronic weighing machine, Ultra violet rays machine, Table diamond selector light, Canon jewelry loupes 18mm lens diamond clipper, crown gem cleaner and two cell phones were handed over to Abid Police Station for further investigation.
