Jewellery craftsman vanishes with 276g of gold worth ₹27.6L

Ahmedabad: A 50-year-old gold jewellery artisan from Ghatlodia has lodged a complaint alleging that a worker he entrusted with gold ornaments for setting work disappeared with jewellery weighing 276.05g and valued at Rs 27.6 lakh.The complainant told police that he works from home and has been in the jewellery-making trade for several years. He collected ornaments from traders on CG Road and had intricate setting work done by different workers before returning the finished pieces to the traders.On Oct 28, he collected a gold necklace set weighing 184.9g and a pair of earrings weighing 49.5g from a jeweller near Girish Coldrinks. Two days later, he handed these to the accused, a resident of Nirnay Nagar, for setting work. On Oct 31, the complainant collected four gold pieces weighing 21.8g and another pair of earrings weighing 35.2g from the same jeweller and gave the four pieces to the accused on Nov 2, retaining the earrings. On Nov 1, too, the accused had allegedly been handed 19.9g of gold for setting stones in jewellery.When he called Soni on Nov 2 to collect the earlier consignment, the artisan did not answer his calls. The complainant visited his residence in Nirnay Nagar but found it locked.He said attempts to trace Soni through other artisans and acquaintances also failed.You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Ahmedabad | Silver Rate in Ahmedabad | Bank Holidays in Ahmedabad | Public Holidays in Ahmedabad | Ahmedabad AQI | Weather in Ahmedabad | Petrol Price in Ahmedabad | Diesel Price in Ahmedabad | CNG Price in Ahmedabad | LPG Price in AhmedabadStay updated with the latest Ahmedabad news. Download the TOI App.