Pandemic leads to trust deficit between pawn brokers and customers

Pawn brokers, the most sought-after people for the working class in times of financial crises, say they now find themselves in a predicament of turning down requests of long-time customers for money i

Pawn brokers, the most sought-after people for the working class in times of financial crises, say they now find themselves in a predicament of turning down requests of long-time customers for money in lieu of jewels to meet their day-to-day expenses. Despite the lockdown restrictions, the working class, mostly comprising workers in small-scale industries, restaurants, malls, and construction sites, who face extreme hardship, continue to call up the pawn-brokers over phone to pledge their jewels, it is learnt.