Gold worth Rs 40 lakh seized from two passengers in Mangaluru airport
Mangaluru, Feb 27: Gold worth over Rs 40 lakh was seized from two passengers in separate incidents at the international airport here, Customs officials said Wednesday.
The two had arrived from Dubai.
In one incident on February 25, 925.54 gm of gold concealed as mercury-coated plates worth Rs 31.10 lakh was found in a electrical toy car in the bag of one of the passengers, officials said.
In the other incident on February 24, foreign origin gold in the form of dust and paste was concealed in the rectum of another passenger, they said.
Gold weighing 304.92 gm worth Rs 10.30 lakh was confiscated from him, they said.
Both the passengers have been arrested and investigations have begun, a press release from the Customs here said.
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First-year BTech student from Bihar found dead in Greater Noida hostel
Noida (PTI): A 24-year-old BTech student from Bihar was found dead in his hostel room on Wednesday, with police treating it as a suspected case of suicide.
The deceased, Akashdeep, a native of the Gaya district in Bihar, was pursuing a BTech course at Delhi Technical College (DTC) and staying at SNH Residency hostel near the institute in Greater Noida's Knowledge Park area, police said.
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Knowledge Park police station in-charge Sarvesh Chandra said the student was sharing the hostel accommodation with a friend. "On Tuesday evening, when Akashdeep did not come out of his room for a long time, the hostel staff and his friends alerted the police," he said.
The body was found hanging from the ceiling fan, and a purported suicide note mentioning academic pressure and stress was recovered from the spot, Chandra said.
The body has been sent for post-mortem, and further investigation is underway, the police added.
