The strange case of missing gold jewelry at Delhi airport
June 19, 2016  10:15
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Gold worth nearly Rs 9 lakh seized from smugglers has mysteriously disappeared from the customs vault at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, prompting the authorities to file a police case. 

An FIR was registered recently by the Delhi police on the complaint of customs officials who said two gold chains and bangles, together weighing 298 gm, valued at about Rs 8.83 lakh, have been replaced with yellow-coloured non-precious metal. 

The incident came to light when packets containing 1.27 kg gold, including the stolen gold chains and bangles, duly sealed at the instance of a court, were opened by the customs officials before a departmental committee as part of inventorisation proceedings. 

"It appears that the contents, ie, two gold chains of primary gold total weighing 220 gm and four bangles of primary gold total weighing 78 gm were replaced with one rectangular slab (cuboid) of yellow metal (non-precious metal), which was not made of gold," reads the FIR. 

The FIR under Section 409 for criminal breach of trust by a public servant and 120B (criminal conspiracy) was registered against unknown persons on June 15 at the IGIA police station.

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