3 directors of jewellery shop held for duping people of over

Kolkata police today arrested three directors of a jewellery shop for their alleged involvement in cheating people to the tune of over Rs 17 crore.

Anirban Sen, Arjun Sen and Aniruddha Sen -- co-owners of Senco Jewellery Palace Abhusan Pvt Ltd -- were nabbed from their New Alipore residence in the wee hours, police said, adding that the three were hiding in cupboards.

Acting on the complaint of one Krishnendu Bose of Bijoygarh within Jadavpur police station limits, police personnel from New Alipore and Tollygunge police stations conducted a raid at the trio's residence at New Alipore.

They were running two profitable schemes -- Dhanbridhi and Swarnatrisha -- for the last four years, promising the investors money or gold on maturity.
 

"Investigations revealed that the schemes were running since November, 2012 but there were complaints that those who had invested money in them were neither delivered the gold nor the money as promised. This way, the owners cheated several people and accumulated a huge amount of over Rs 17 crore," a senior officer of Kolkata Police said.

The police had raided at least three residences of the trio. Finally, they went to the New Alipore building where they were initially prevented by the servants from entering the house, saying the "owners were not home", the officer said.

"Our officers searched the entire house but could not find them. As they were about to come out, one of the policemen heard a sound from a cupboard. When they tried to open it, the servants again tried to prevent them. Our officers then broke open the cupboard and found one of the accused hiding inside. They then broke open two other cupboards to find the other two," the officer said.

All the three have been booked under sections 420, 406 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code and were remanded to police custody till September 17.