Throughout interrogation, the person claimed that he’s a civil engineer who smuggles to earn straightforward cash.
Kolkata:
The Border Safety Power (BSF) claims to have arrested a civil engineer and seized 50 gold biscuits from his possession within the North 24-Parganas district of West Bengal.
“Appearing on particular intelligence inputs, troops of 5 Bn BSF, posted on the Tentulberia Border Outpost, carried out a search within the Anchalpara village. The village is positioned about 2,700 metres behind the BOP. On recognizing the BSF troops, a person tried to flee by way of the again door of his home. Regardless of warnings, he tried to interrupt by way of the BSF cordon, until a jawan fired a clean spherical within the air. The person panicked and gave up,” stated N Okay Pandey, DIG and spokesperson, South Bengal Frontier, BSF.
He added {that a} search of the accused led to the restoration of a black fabric belt wrapped in an artificial carry bag, including that the 50 gold biscuits had been discovered inside.
“He, together with the gold, was taken to the Tentulberia BOP for additional investigation. Throughout interrogation, the person claimed that he’s a civil engineer who had taken to smuggling to earn straightforward cash,” stated DIG Pandey.
He stated that the engineer confessed that he would obtain consignments of gold from throughout the Indo-Bangladesh Border (IBB), hold them for a number of hours, after which hand them over to an unknown service.
“He claimed that he obtained Rs 500-1,000 per supply. He apparently obtained the 50 gold biscuits on Monday morning, however the BSF swooped down earlier than he may move them on,” the DIG stated.
The person, together with the gold, was handed over to officers of the Directorate of Income Intelligence (DRI), Kolkata, for additional authorized proceedings.
DIG Pandey whereas lauding the hassle of the BSF staff, urged the border inhabitants to share any info associated to gold smuggling by way of the BSF’s Seema Sathi Helpline 14419 or ship voice of textual content messages to the WhatsApp quantity 9903472227.
He additionally assured that informants can be rewarded, and their identities stored confidential.
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