Law & Order: Complaints against private gold finance firms highlight need for public awareness and stronger safeguards
Customers of a private gold finance firm in Kanniyakumari district have reported significant irregularities, including the unauthorized repledging of their gold jewellery. Police have registered cases after multiple victims alleged that the firm failed to return their assets despite payments.
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This highlights systemic risks in the unregulated or poorly monitored private gold loan sector, impacting the financial security of vulnerable retail customers.
Law & Order: Complaints against private gold finance firms highlight need for public awareness and stronger safeguards NAGERCOIL Concerns over alleged irregularities at private gold finance companies have resurfaced once again in Kanniyakumari district, following the incident that happened a couple of weeks ago in Thengapattinam, where several customers allegedly faced difficulties in retrieving their pledged gold jewellery. According to Kanniyakumari District Crime Branch (DCB) police, a case was registered a couple of weeks ago based on the complaint by a woman from Arasakulam near Thengapattinam. She had pledged around 16 sovereigns of gold jewellery at a private gold finance firm in Thengapattinam on March, 5, 2025 for a loan of ₹7 lakh.
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