Theft of Gold from Trichy Customs, CBI searches on - FC also missing

By Vijay Kumar

ON the basis of a written complaint by the Commissioner of Customs, Trichy, CBI, Anti Corruption Branch, Chennai has registered a case in the Great Gold Missing case.

The allegation is that a packet said to have contained seized Gold kept in the Strong Room of Customs, Trichy, has been tampered with and the same did not have the requisite weight of 18512.500 grams. When the packet was weighed, it was weighing only 3,580 grams (inclusive of packing materials).

During investigation till now, it is revealed that about 34 Kgs. of gold in three different packets and foreign currency equivalent of about Rs.17 lakhs are missing.

In this regard, searches were conducted at three places. During the searches, incriminating documents, files relating to the seized goods are recovered. The investigation of the case is in progress.