**Bhubaneswar:** After being successful in his modest operandi of duping jewellery shops by selling alloyed yellow metal, the smart fraudster has eventually fallen into Commissionerate Police dragnet here on Wednesday.
While the arrested accused hails from Banki area in Cuttack district, he used to hoodwink even the most reputed jewellery stores of this capital city.
Kharavela Nagar Police have arrested one Gundicha Kar and forwarded him to the court.
According to police, Gundicha could consequently be caught when one such reputed jewellery store stumbled upon impure ornaments in the name of gold were being disposed of by him.
Kar used to create duplicate hallmarked jewellery and exchanged it at various jewellery stores. Since it was gold plated, many stores could not find the impurity as they tested in the traditional way of rubbing on touchstone.
He could be suspected when a reputed jewellery firm used the modern technique of testing.