Coimbatore: About 50 people protested in front of a nationalised bank in Coimbatore on Tuesday on learning that a customer was given fake jewels after clearing a gold loan, police said.

Ganesh, a cycle shop owner, had pledged 190 grams of jewels and taken Rs 3.10 lakh as loan from the bank sometime ago, police said After repaying the loan, the bank released the pledged jewellery, but it allegedly turned out to be fake.