THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a major development in the ongoing Vizhinjam gold loan scam, six more families have stepped forward to lodge formal police complaints against the prime accused, Sindhu. The local police department explicitly stated that Sindhu has a history of financial fraud and is already booked as an accused in three distinct criminal cases registered earlier. The investigating team further announced that they will soon seek custody of the accused from the court for an exhaustive interrogation to unearth the deeper layers of the scam.
Simultaneously, a crucial audio recording has surfaced and was accessed by Asianet News, which directly exposes the deceptive methods used by the accused to trap gullible victims. In the audio clip, Sindhu can be clearly heard offering unusually high loan amounts at incredibly low interest rates to individuals looking to pledge their assets. She successfully convinced ordinary citizens that re-pledging their gold ornaments across various major financial institutions operating in Thiruvananthapuram city would fetch them far higher monetary returns. She also duped people by assuring them that pledging land property would yield significantly larger cash amounts.
The investigation has revealed that Sindhu strategically executed all these massive financial transactions by deliberately omitting the actual names of the original ornament owners. Taking advantage of her close connections with several local non-banking financial companies and private firms, she specifically targeted vulnerable, low-income individuals who were already struggling to repay their existing debts. By offering them false hopes of financial relief, she managed to trap them into her fraudulent network. However, the ongoing police probe faces a significant hurdle as many of the defrauded complainants are currently unable to trace or produce the official transaction receipts or pledging documents of their gold, making it difficult to legally verify the missing assets.
ലഘു വിവരണം വിഴിഞ്ഞം സ്വർണപ്പണയ തട്ടിപ്പ് കേസിൽ പ്രതിയായ സിന്ധുവിനെതിരെ ആറ് കുടുംബങ്ങൾ കൂടി പോലീസിൽ പരാതി നൽകി. സിന്ധു മുൻപും മൂന്ന് കേസുകളിൽ പ്രതിയാണെന്ന് പോലീസ് അറിയിച്ചു. കുറഞ്ഞ പലിശയ്ക്ക് കൂടുതൽ വായ്പ വാഗ്ദാനം ചെയ്ത് ഇവർ നടത്തിയ സംഭാഷണത്തിന്റെ ശബ്ദരേഖ പുറത്തുവന്നിട്ടുണ്ട്. നഗരത്തിലെ ധനകാര്യ സ്ഥാപനങ്ങളുമായി ചേർന്ന് ഉടമകളുടെ പേര് ഒഴിവാക്കിയായിരുന്നു തട്ടിപ്പ്. എന്നാൽ പണയ രേഖകൾ കണ്ടെത്താൻ കഴിയാത്തത് പരാതിക്കാർക്ക് തിരിച്ചടിയാവുന്നു.
(With inputs from MN)
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