Mysore/Mysuru, Feb. 2 -- FIR against seven accused, including gold appraiser

The Devaraja Police have registered an FIR against seven persons, including a bank's gold appraiser, in connection with an alleged fake gold pawn fraud involving Rs. 56.78 lakh at Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd.

The incident came to light recently and the accused have been identified as Abdul Jameel of Mysuru, Sagar, Puttaraju and Ravi Kumar, Ravi Kumar's wife Divya of Mandya, Nagarathna Reddy of Bengaluru and bank's gold appraiser Ravindra Kumar, a resident of T. Narasipur.

According to the Police, the accused, in collusion with the bank's gold appraiser, pledged fake gold weighing about 780 grams at the Tamilnad Mercantile Bank branch on Narayana Shastry Road ...