New Delhi:
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today recovered gold worth crores of rupees from the lockers of one of the two conmen arrested from Mumbai who ran a gang to allegedly cheat top Bollywood and business personalities.
On a tip-off, a team of CBI officials from Mumbai had reached Panipat - the home town of one of the accused Ashwani Sharma - where two lockers in the IDBI bank were spotted, official sources said.
When these big lockers of Sharma, who worked at a sick hosiery factory, were opened, it was found that these were stuffed with gold jewellery, biscuits and cash which could run into crores, sources said.
A senior official of the agency said that evaluation of these recoveries is still on and it is likely to be completed by tomorrow.
The Mumbai unit of the agency had arrested two conmen last week based on the complaint of filmmaker Rakesh Roshan while one of the gang members is still absconding, sources said.
So far 28 people, who were conned by the gang, have approached the CBI.
The arrested duo, Rajesh Ranjan and Sharma, have completely contrasting backgrounds - an MBA graduate and a 10th pass respectively- who used to fake as senior agency officials in Mumbai and allegedly cheated and extorted money from top business and film personalities by threatening them with action against them.