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In a major fraud case, police in Baidyanathpur, Odisha's Ganjam district, arrested three persons on Thursday for allegedly duping six banks of nearly Rs 24 lakh using fake gold ornaments.
The accused have been identified as Abhinav Srivastava of Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh), Biswajit Kar of Sahadevkhunta (Balasore), and Sheikh Manjur Elahi.
Police seized imitation gold bangles, earrings, and coated silver from their possession.
According to the complaint, P. Purushottam of Hinjilicut-Badakhande had earlier worked at a prawn factory in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, where he came into contact with the accused.
About 18 months ago, they...