BANGLADESH IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES AT HAZRAT SHAHJALAL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTSEIZED ONE CRORE INDIAN RUPEES FROM ONE BANGLADESHI WHO ARRIVED FROM DUBAI BUT HE RAN AWAY LEAVING HIS LUGGAGE AND PASSPORT DODGING THE AUTHORITIES BUT IT IS SUSPECTED AFTER TAKING BRIBE HE WAS ALLOWED TO GO 22TH JANUARY 2014 Around one crore of Indian rupees were seized from a Bangladeshi youth immediate after his arrival at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport from Dubai during a bid of smuggling the currencies into the country on Wednesday. Personnel from the customs department and the customs intelligence and investigation directorate (CIID) made the seizure. However, they claimed the youth identified as Nannu Sarder, 35, ran away leaving his luggage and passport dodging the customs and CIID officials. CIID Assistant Director Ayesha Akhter claimed: “Although we have seized the currencies from the luggage of Nannu, but he ran away during the scanning period leaving his luggage and passport.” However, a source at the airport claimed the concern officials had let the smuggler go away in exchange of bribe instantly. According to the airport sources, Nannu Sarder, who hails from Nariya upazila in Shariyatpur district, arrived at Dhaka from Dubai by a flight of Emirates Airlines at around 11:00am although the flight was scheduled to arrive at 8:00am. The youth was challenged by the customs and CIID officials while he was crossing the green channel at around 1:30pm and the currencies were found during the scanning of his luggage. “As we are yet to be sure of whether this one crore of Indian rupees are real or fake, we cannot comment on it”, Ayesha Akhter told the Dhaka Tribune. “We suspect Nannu was a member of a gang involved in the smuggling of currencies,” the CIID official said, adding: “Nannu’s passport shows that he had visited Dhaka, Pakistan and Dubai at least eight times in last three months.” “In last four months from the mid of September last year, a total of 11 crore of Indian rupees were seized, but excepting for the latest seizure of one crore of Indian currencies were found to be fake currencies,” Ayesha also told the Dhaka Tribune. Sources at the airport said over 60 gangs involved in the smuggling of gold, currencies and various high precious items are active centring the airport in support with a section of unscrupulous officials and employees of different government and non government agencies.
Posted on: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 04:56:33 +0000
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