The police on Friday said that a case has been registered against a jeweller from Gujarat for allegedly duping a Mumbai-based diamond merchant of precious stones worth Rs 1.81 crore, reported news agency PTI.

Based on a complaint, the police on Wednesday registered a first information report against Rajeshkumar Sharma (50), a jeweller from Surat, for cheating and criminal breach of trust under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), an official from the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) police station said, reported PTI.

He said the complainant, Rajesh Becharbhai Vithani, who is a partner in a diamond trading company, alleged that Sharma contacted him in March, claiming he had a reputed client interested in purchasing high-quality diamonds, and trusting the proposition, he handed over diamonds weighing 920.68 carats, worth around Rs 1.81 crore, to him, reported PTI.