Gold worth Rs 14.55 lakh seized from passenger at Mangaluru airport
Mangaluru, Apr 19: Gold worth Rs 14.55 lakh has been seized from a passenger who arrived here from Dubai, customs officials said.
The passenger, Arish from Bantwal in Dakshina Kannada district, has been arrested, a customs release said.
He had tried to smuggle the 300 grams of gold by concealing the yellow metal in toys, trimmer, water dispenser and juicer, it said.
Gold weighing 300 grams & valued at ₹14.55 lakhs has been seized on 18.04.2021. Gold was concealed in Hair Clipper, Toys, portable juicer and automatic water dispenser. The PAX was booked. @cbic_india @blrcustoms @AircusM #intercepted #indiancustomsatwork pic.twitter.com/3Tlji6DC6a
— Customs-Mangaluru (@Cusmglr) April 19, 2021
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Count of voters in Gujarat drops by 73.73 lakh to 4.34 crore post-SIR
Ahmedabad (PTI): The names of nearly 74 lakh voters have been dropped from Gujarat's draft electoral rolls after the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, pegging the total count of electors at 4.34 crore as against the 5.08 crore earlier, an official said on Friday.
The draft electoral rolls were published here by the Election Commission on Friday.
A total of 73.73 lakh voters were omitted from the electoral rolls after the exercise initiated by the EC to clean the rolls, state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Hareet Shukla said.
"Before the publication of the draft electoral rolls, a total of 5,08,43,436 voters were registered in the state. After the publication of these rolls, the number of voters is now 4,34,70,109," he said.
"During the SIR campaign, the names of a total of 73,73,327 voters have been removed from the draft electoral roll," Shukla said.
The names of voters in following categories were deleted in the draft electoral rolls -- deceased voters (18,07,278), absent voters (9,69,662), voters who have permanently migrated (40,25,553), voters registered in two places (3,81,470) and others (1,89,364), a release from CEO office said.
The SIR exercise began in Gujarat on November 4 and ended on December 14.
After the publication of draft rolls, objections and claims regarding them can be submitted to authorities till January 18, the EC earlier said.
