One arrested with over 500 grams gold at Mangaluru International Airport
Mangaluru: Custom officials at Mangaluru International Airport arrested one person for allegedly trying to smuggle gold on Saturday. The passenger was reportedly travelling from Dubai to Mangaluru when he was arrested by the officials.
The accused travelling in Air India flight was arrested during security check at Mangaluru International Airport along with over 500 gms of gold which he was trying to smuggle.
The officials seized 524.78 grams of gold from the accused which is estimated to be worth 19.62 lakh rupees.
Custom officials took the accused under their custody and are further investigating the matter.
On 12.10.2019, Custom officers at MIA seized gold weighing 524.78 grams valued at 19.62 lakhs from the possession of a passenger who arrived in Mangalore from Dubai by Air India flight IX814. The gold was in paste form and was concealed in body. @bangalorecustom @cbic_india pic.twitter.com/4SVRiqhBuU
— Customs-Mangaluru (@Cusmglr) October 12, 2019
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Thane court sentences three people to 3 years RI for kidnapping baby
Thane (PTI): A court in Maharashtra's Thane has sentenced three people to three years of rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping a five-month-old baby in the city.
Additional sessions judge Suryakant S Shinde found the accused, including two women, guilty of charges under section 137(1)(b) (kidnapping) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for the crime that took place in October last year.
A copy of the order dated December 15 was made available on Saturday.
As per the case details, the infant's mother, Vanita Rakesh Pawar, a scrap collector, reported that he was abducted while the family was sleeping under the Rabodi flyover bridge on October 12, 2024.
Following a swift investigation, the CCTV footage from nearby buildings was analysed, and it captured a woman in a red dress picking up the baby and later meeting two other accused to hand him over.
Based on a tip-off, a police team raided a premises in Rabodi, rescued the baby, and arrested Javed Amjat Ali Nhavi (35), Jayashree Yakub Naik (45), and Surekha Rajesh Khandagale (34).
The judge relied on the digital evidence and noted that Nhavi had been externed from Thane, Navi Mumbai and Mumbai and had violated the externment order.
He received an additional one-year sentence under the Maharashtra Police Act for entering Thane despite an active externment (expulsion) order.
The court acquitted them of charges under section 143 (trafficking), noting that while kidnapping was proven, the "exact purpose" (such as sale or forced labour) was not established by the prosecution.
