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Miscreants looting gold in Cachar using chemicals, Police detains 3; ‘Offer to wash ornaments and then hypnotise’

There is a nexus operating in Barak Valley. It consists of miscreants from different parts of the country. They have found a safe haven in the three districts of Barak Valley and are looting jewellery worth lakhs. Recently, the miscreants entered the residence of Sanchita Dhar in Katirail, Katigora. The miscreants pretending to be salesmen offered solutions and Scotch-Brite which they claimed will clean utensils and ornaments and make them look new.

Dhar says she made it clear that they do not want any such products and as there were no male members in the house, she even shared her discomfort at the presence of the strangers. “They kept offering new products and I kept saying no. Eventually, one of them removed a plastic bottle from his pocket and poured a few drops on my palm. From there on, I got hypnotised. I could feel that he is removing my gold chain and other ornaments and yet I did not scream or push them,” said Dhar. She has lodged an FIR at the local Police station.

On Friday, a similar group went to a residence in Katigora’s Najatpur village. The group offered to clean ornaments using various solutions. Realising this could be a trick to loot their jewels, they informed the local village defence party. President of the VDP Yaya Hussain Tipu, Samsul Hussain and others immediately informed the same to the Katigora Police Station.

Soon after, the officer in charge of Katigora Police Station rushed to the spot and detained the three members who had offered to clean ornaments. The Police is investigating the matter to determine if the three are associated with the nexus and identify the other members of the group.

The nexus has been active for quite some time. A Silchar resident said that three individuals had offered to clean her ornaments. She said no initially, but then got convinced. The bangles and chain were cleaned by the group and the lady said her ornaments looked new. But when she went to the goldsmith for some other work, she thought she would weigh her ornaments. She was shocked to know that her hallmarked ornaments didn’t even have 50% purity. This means, using the chemical solution, the miscreants extracted gold from the ornaments.

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