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BICHOLIM
Bicholim police have arrested a peon of the Maharashtra Vikas Sewa Society (MVSS) at Sanquelim in connection with a gold scam running into a whopping Rs 1.5 crore.
Police have also booked an offence against the manager and an accountant of MVSS in the connection, after registering a complaint by the depositors.
According to Bicholim police, around 200 depositors of MVSS had expressed fears of losing their deposits on account of the gold scam in the society.
While the peon Sandesh Dicholkar is in custody,
the manager and accountant have applied for anticipatory bail.
Bicholim PI Sanjay Dalvi said the incident came to light during an audit, when auditors found cash difference of Rs 33 lakh. Later, the gold scam also came to light.
Bicholim police said the three accused had been linked to the mortgage of gold ornaments, which had been deposited by customers with MVSS to avail gold loans, with other banks.
Bicholim PI Danjay Dalvi said the police have recovered golden ornaments of around 31 customers which had been kept in different banks.
PSI Kishore Ramanad is investigating the case under the guidance of PI Sanjay Dalvi.
