NIA special court rejects bail application of accused in Kerala diplomatic baggage gold smuggling case
The Hindu
The NIA Special Judge notes that the available statements of witnesses suggested that the plans of some of the accused was to conduct smuggling in a very large scale
The bail application of Muhammed Mansoor, the 35th accused in the diplomatic baggage gold smuggling case, was rejected by the Special Court for the National Investigation Agency (NIA). According to the prosecution, Mansoor packed off gold in shippable formats following a conspiracy with the other accused. He procured necessary equipment for moulding gold in concealment and concealed large quantities of the gold in shippable formats for smuggling. It was smuggled using the import cargo addressed to diplomats at the Consulate General of the UAE, Thiruvananthapuram, it argued.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.