India, Feb. 12 -- A jewellery maker allegedly fled with raw gold worth Rs.1.30 crore, which he was entrusted with last month to make mangalsutras for a Zaveri Bazaar jeweller, Kedar Krishna Mamade. On Sunday, a case was registered against the accused and the police are searching for him.

Mamade, a Kalachowki resident, owns Kanak Sparsh Jewels in First Agiary Lane in Zaveri Bazaar. He had known the accused, Mir Arif Ghulam Husain, 35, for three years and had often placed orders for making gold ornaments. Police said Mamade usually paid only after the ornaments were delivered to him. Similarly, on January 8, he gave Husain 1,497 grams of raw gold to make Mangalsutras with them. Hussain was supposed to hand over the gold ornaments on Januar...