Gold worth Rs 18 lakh seized at Mangaluru Airport
Mangaluru, Oct 10: The gold worth about Rs 18.21 lakh has been seized from the passenger at the international airport here, Customs officials said.
Total 487.110 gm gold worth Rs 18.21 lakh recovered from the accused.
The incident occurred on October 9, when a passenger from Dubai by Air India flight tried to smuggle gold in the form of a paste.
During an inspection, 487.110 gm of the precious metal in paste form was confiscated from a passenger, it is said.
The accused has been taken into custody, they said.
On 09.10.2019, Custom officers at MIA seized gold weighing 487.110 grams valued at 18.21 lakhs from the possession of one passenger who arrived in Mangalore from Dubai by Air India flight IX814. The Gold in paste form was concealed in body. @bangalorecustom pic.twitter.com/S8NzvAexav
— Customs-Mangaluru (@Cusmglr) October 10, 2019
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Odisha: Two girls drown while bathing in village pond
Berhampur (Odisha) (PTI): Two girls drowned while bathing in a village pond in Odisha's Ganjam district on Tuesday, police said.
The deceased were identified as Pranjali Dora (11), a class 6 student, and Manini Dora (12), a student of class 7, both residents of Patanda village in Digapahandi police station area, a police officer said.
After returning home from school, they went to the village pond to take a bath like every other day. However, they slipped and fell into deep waters. Locals noticed them drowning and tried to rescue them but failed, he said.
Fire brigade personnel from Digapahandi retrieved the girls after a two-hour search and they were rushed to a nearby community health centre, where doctors declared them dead, Digapahandi police station officer-in-charge Kishor Kumar Samal said.
He said the bodies have been handed over to the respective families after conducting post-mortem examinations at MKCG Medical College and Hospital here.
He said unnatural death cases have been registered and an investigation launched.
