India, May 24 -- A man from Raigad was allegedly duped of Rs.15 lakh after five members of an interstate gang sold him fake gold jewellery in Mhasla by posing as people in urgent need of money, police said on Friday. The accused were arrested from Roha taluka on May 22 following a police investigation involving CCTV footage and technical surveillance.

The accused have been identified as Kesaram Savji Bagri, 47, Mohanlal Gangaram Parmar, 42, Raju Shilaram Rathod, 27, Anil Hariram Parmar, 26, and Jitendrakumar Mohanlal Parmar, 27. All are natives of Rajasthan's Jalore district, police said.

According to investigators, two of the accused approached the complainant on May 15 around 11.50am and offered to sell what they claimed were genuine ...