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By Express News ServiceCHENNAI: A consumer court has directed a jeweller to pay a compensation of `20,000 to a resident of Ambattur for selling a gold earrings after falsely advertising its purity. While the jeweller claimed it was made of 22 carat gold, after testing it was found that it was made of only 18.6 carats. The result revealed there was only 18.6 carat gold. The jeweller submitted he did not manufacture the gold, but simply sold it as a middleman. Tiruvallur District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum had the earrings tested by Bureau of Indian Standards office at Taramani and found it was not made of 22 carat gold..