Gold worth over Rs. 58 lac seized from two passengers at Mangaluru Airport; two arrested
Custom officials at the Mangaluru International Airport arrested two people who were allegedly trying to smuggle gold in two different cases on Sunday and seized gold worth Rs. 58.95 lac.
The arrested accused have been identified as Mohammed Swalih Chappathodi (22), a resident of Mallapuram in Kerala and Mohammed Nishad Cheruvanassery (25).
Both the accused arrived in two different flights. Swalih arrived from Dubai on a SpiceJet flight while Nishad arrived from Dubai on an Air India flight with 797 grams and 655 grams of gold respectively. Gold seized from Swalih is estimated to be worth Rs.32, 35,820 while gold seized from Nishad is estimated to be worth Rs.26.59 lac.
Both the accused had reportedly concealed capsules containing gold in paste form inside their rectum. Both the accused were produced before the Additional Cheif Judicial Magistrate Court, Mangaluru.
“The Customs officials comprising Superintendents Sreelakshmi, Gopinath, Savitha Kotian, Ramavtar Meena, and Inspector Samala Mohan Reddy, were instrumental in the detection and seizure of the gold concealed by the passengers” an official press release stated.
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Women's quota bill would have ensured defeat of democracy, Constitution: Aaditya Thackeray
Mumbai (PTI): Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday said that the passage of the women's quota bill would have ensured a "total defeat of democracy", alleging that the legislation, linked with a delimitation exercise, was a political tool designed to reduce the voice of states.
Thackeray, in a post on X, claimed that the Bill would have amended the Constitution for the political means of the ruling regime to increase seats, reduce the voice of many states and enable the gerrymandering of constituencies to ensure unfair victories.
"The very amendment that would have ensured the total defeat of democracy and the Constitution in India stands rejected by the unity of the Opposition MPs," he wrote.
The legislation should have been called "Delimitation to ensure unfair victory Bill", the former minister said, adding that there was a genuine need to enable 33 per cent reservation for women in the current number of seats.
"Now, it is up to the government to ensure that it is implemented in the 543 seats of the Lok Sabha for the 2029 elections and all elections across India, if that is the real intent of the government," he wrote.
A Constitution Amendment Bill to implement reservation for women in legislatures in 2029 and increase the number of Lok Sabha seats was defeated on Friday in the Lower House.
While 298 members voted in support of the Bill, 230 MPs voted against it. Out of 528 members who voted, the Bill required 352 votes for a two-thirds majority.
According to the Constitution Amendment Bill, Lok Sabha seats were to be increased to a maximum of 850 from the current 543 to "operationalise" the women's reservation law before the 2029 parliamentary polls, following a delimitation exercise based on the 2011 Census.
