Fake gold pledging case : Innanje CA Bank manager, jewel appraiser arrested

Mangalore Today News Network

Udupi, July 18,2017: Shirva Police have arrested  Umesh Amin (43), the manager of  Kunjaragiri Branch of Innanje CA Bank and  Umesh Acharya (49), the jewel appraiser of the bank  in connection with the  case wherein  Shanker Acharya, the jeweller who committed suicide with his family   had pledged fake gold worth Rs 65 lakhs in the bank.

It has been gathered that the two arrested persons had abetted with Shanker Acharya  so that the latter could get  loan.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Bank Manohar Rao had earlier complained against the duo  with the Police.   Fake gold  weighing 3.370 grams and  28 grams of real gold worth Rs 55,000  has been seized  from the Bank.

In the meantime the customers of the deceased Shanker Acharya are visiting other jewellery shops to check if he had given them fake jewels.