Consumer recourse in case of Nirav Modi/Gitanjali
The enforcement directorate (ED) was shocked to find out that Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi of Gitanjali Group were fooling customers by selling the low-grade diamonds jewellery at 4-5 times higher cost. In some cases, the cost of these "poor quality" diamonds were increased by 10 times.
In addition, another shocker for the agency was the difference between seized value (tag value) i.e. of Rs 6,000 crore and the real valuation amount of these itemswhich may not even cross Rs 1,500-2,000 crore (at maximum level).
an insider revealed that both jewellers were allegedly growing fake diamonds (unnatural) in labs and selling it to the customer as real diamonds at 5-10 times higher price. more