Prime Suspects Nabbed in Fake Gold Artefacts Racket

Police have arrested Saddam Sardar, the prime accused in a fake gold artefacts racket, along with his aide Mannan Khan in South 24 Parganas district. The duo was caught hiding in a fishery. They face charges of cheating and attacking police personnel during a previous raid.

Police have apprehended the primary suspect in a fake gold artefacts racket, identified as Saddam Sardar, from the Jhuprijhara area in South 24 Parganas district, officials reported on Thursday.

Authorities executed a raid at Sardar's hideout in Kultali during the early hours, resulting in his arrest along with his close aide Mannan Khan, according to a senior police officer.

"We have detained the key suspects, Saddam Sardar and Mannan Khan, from a shack inside a fishery in Jhuprijhara, where they were concealing themselves. They have been arrested in connection with multiple cheating cases and attacks on police personnel during a raid on July 15," the officer stated. The suspects are set to be presented before a local court on Thursday.

Sardar and his accomplices have allegedly been deceiving people by selling fake gold statues for the past 15 years, the officer added.

(With inputs from agencies.)