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Three arrested in fake gold selling racket in Salem

Police on Monday arrested three persons on charges of duping a goldsmith by selling him fake gold jewellery. According to the police, A Varghese of Thrissur and his two staff came to Shevapet and handed over 47 gold chains and got back a gold bar from the jewellery shop owner K Julveerkhan. Meanwhile, they had doubts about the authenticity of the gold bar. They took it to another shop where they found that it was a copper bar. Varghese lodged a complaint with Shevapet police.