The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence arrested five persons in an alleged foreign-origin gold smuggling case involving a route from Bangladesh to Hyderabad via Kolkata. Officers recovered three gold bars weighing about 3.1 kg and seized foreign currency during the operation.
The bail application of the second accused, Tarun Raju, was also rejected. A bench, headed by Justice Savanur Vishwajith Shetty, passed the order in this regard
An order withdrawing the CID investigation stated that Additional Chief Secretary Gaurav Gupta is already probing the possible role of Ranya's stepfather, K Ramachandra Rao, a DGP-rank officer, in the case
Air India Express said the cabin crew of Bahrain-Kozhikode-Kochi flight was apprehended by the Customs sleuths has been placed on suspension with immediate effect.
Palakkad: Gold smuggling case prime accused Swapna Suresh made an emotional appeal before the media here on Saturday in the wake of her lawyer R Krishnaraj’s potential arrest saying ‘don’t hurt people who are around me’. According to her, it’s a deliberate attempt to isolate her. “Why are they attacking me like this. I stick […]
Thiruvananthapuram: Till the infamous gold smuggling case surfaced, M Sivasankar, the then principal secretary and top Kerala bureaucrat was one of the most powerful official. But after that things went for a toss and on his 59th birthday, on Tuesday, Sivasankar recalls what life actually is, through his social media account. The smuggling case came […]
The matter had come to light after 30 kg gold worth Rs 14.82 crores smuggled in a consignment camouflaged as diplomatic baggage was busted in Thiruvananthapuram.
