Kalyan: Three high-ranking officials from a jewelry company were booked after several investors accused them of cheating.
Allegations have been identified as VG Nair, Director of VGN Jewelry; His wife Vatsala and their son Govind who is also the Director of the Company has been booked by the economic wing.
Four people from families accused them of deceiving them Rs 67 lakh.
Source said the Nair family runs several branches of VGN’s jewelry shop in Thane and Navi Mumbai and has also drifted various investment schemes that offer good investment returns.
So, officials say that more people tend to advance and the number can be much higher.
The complainant, Patil Shalini from Kalyan, had in his complaint alleged that he and three family members had invested Rs 67 lakh in the scheme and mature deposits last year.
But he said that since last year, he had taken a jewelry store but a company official had not returned his money.
Patil told Tii, “It’s not just my own savings that I have entered, but even my family members who believe me put the money obtained with difficulty.
Now I want to marry my daughter, but since one year, the company has failed to restore My money was invested.
“Patil added that every time he met the owner of a jewelry company, they told him that because of Covid-19’s pandemic, they had caused a big loss and promised to pay money, but despite some guarantees for months, the money was not yet Back, he claims.
“I have no choice but to submit FIR,” he said.
Resources said that last year since the pandemic began, VGN jewelry stopped returning investor money.
Six months ago, investors together with Maharashtra Navnirman Sena workers from Thane held Morcha in the store where the owner, VG Nair, assured that he would return investor money as soon as the pandemic ended the Xand business again.
A police officer, who spoke tightly in anonymity condition said, “So far, four investors have advanced.
We hope that MXORE investors approach us to submit a case …
It is possible that the number goes to Crores.” Can be recalled that the owner of Goodwin Jewelers who is Having Luanka’s similar investment scheme was arrested after he stopped giving investors.
Thane: Investors Crying Rotten, Three Jewelry Officials Booked
