Chandigarh:  Customs officials at the Chandigarh International Airport on Thursday recovered a gold bar worth over Rs 5.6 lakh from the rectum of a passenger landing here from Dubai.

The passenger, who belongs to Ulhasnagar in Maharashtra, was smuggling the bullion concealed in his rectum.

The officials got suspicious of the passenger as he was walking awkwardly while trying to go through the green channel of the Customs here.

He had arrived by the Dubai-Chandigarh Indigo flight.

The gold bar was over 180 grams and worth nearly Rs 5.6 lakh, officials said.

The passenger was taken into custody and being questioned about the smuggling racket.

Customs officials had on Tuesday recovered gold worth Rs 25 lakh from two women passengers who had also hidden it in their rectum. They had also arrived from Dubai.

Officials have made several seizures of gold being smuggled into the country through the Dubai-Chandigarh sector flights in the past less than two years.

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Hubli: The Hubbali-Dharwad Police Commissioner, Renuka Sukumar, has informed that the accused involved in the brutal murder of Anjali Ambigera has been arrested.

Vishwa alias Girish Sawant, the prime suspect in the Anjali Ambigera murder, was arrested in Davangere late Thursday night.

Sawant, attempting to flee from Mysuru via the Goa-Maharashtra train was struck by bad luck as he fell from the moving train at around 11:30 PM. He sustained grave injuries and was rushed to Chigateri Hospital in Davangere by Railway Police. Subsequently, Davangere police identified Sawant and notified the Hubbali police. The Hubbali police took custody of him at around 4:30 AM and admitted him to a hospital in the city.

Reports indicate Sawant faced assault from a fellow passenger allegedly for his misconduct during the journey, possibly contributing to his fall. However, official details regarding the circumstances leading to his fall remain undisclosed. Commissioner Sukumar mentioned Sawant's current inability to provide a statement due to severe head and facial injuries.

Anjali was brutally stabbed in Hubbali two days back while she was asleep allegedly for rejecting the love proposal of the accused man.