Mysuru, Oct. 1 -- Four victims of multi-crore gold scam attacked after being invited for talks

Four persons, including a woman, who had pledged their gold ornaments with one of the gold loan companies run by Chinnathambi alias Soundar Raj and allegedly lost them in the multi-crore gold scam, were allegedly assaulted by Chinnathambi's associates after they were called for an amicable settlement. The incident took place at Srirampura yesterday.

Those allegedly assaulted were Lokesh of Electronics City and Santosh of Laggere, both in Bengaluru, Mahesh of Hassan and Shobha of Salundi in Mysuru taluk. Lokesh and Santosh were reportedly assaulted by four men and a woman.

Chinnathambi is accused of cheating thousands of customers by luring th...