Racket started unravelling with arrest of 2 men from Ladakh-China border carrying gold worth Rs 80 cr. Gold came from China via Tibet, was received in Ladakh, then moved to Delhi jewellers.
On Wednesday, BSF seized 20 gold biscuits worth Rs 2.31 crore from inside a bicycle’s tyre. The day before gold worth about Rs 2.43 cr confiscated at Laxmipur border outpost.
The agency raided 16 locations, including some tied to the Congress MLA, after investigators traced unaccounted funds linked to the gold smuggling network.
Both of them were also barred from leaving the country without prior permission from the court and must refrain from committing any similar offences during the bail period.
In a letter to additional director general of DRI, Ranya claimed that she has been wrongly accused of carrying more than 14 kg of gold upon her return from Dubai.
DRI is yet to determine how many times Rao travelled abroad & if she ‘misused’ protocol every time, it is learnt. She is the step-daughter of a senior Karnataka IPS officer.
Former Air Canada manager Simran Preet is said to be part of a nine-member gang suspected to be behind sensational $20 million gold heist from Toronto airport.
RJD, once a prominent representative of Mandal politics, now finds itself in a political era where welfare, good governance, and new aspirations are overshadowing old caste equations.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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