GUWAHATI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday carried out searches at four locations in Guwahati and Maharashtra’s Sangli in a gold smuggling case and recovered alleged incriminating documents and electronic devices.
An NIA statement said sleuths of the agency carried out searches on the premises related to accused persons and their handlers from where they used to give effect to the commission of crime.
“During searches, incriminating documents and electronic devices containing details of suspicious transactions as well as of the persons involved in the instant crime, who are also having linkages abroad including Myanmar and Nepal, were seized,” the statement said.
NIA registered the case on September 16 this year after seizure of 83.621kg of smuggled gold bars having market value of Rs 42.89 crore at New Delhi Railway Station on August 28 from the possession of eight accused persons.
“Interrogation of these accused has so far revealed that they had collected the said consignment from Guwahati for its further delivery in New Delhi on the directions of their handlers who are suspected to have sourced the smuggled material from Myanmar, Nepal and Bhutan,” the statement added.
(With inputs from Rokibuz Zaman)