Gold bars, wires worth over Rs 40 lakh seized at Mangalore International Airport

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February 1, 2014

Mangalore, Feb 1: Customs officials at Mangalore International Airport (MIA) at Kenjar near here on Friday seized 1-kg gold bar and eight silver coated metallic gold wires, totally weighing 1.350-kgs valued at Rs 40.48-lakh.

This latest seizure is sixth case of smuggling detected at MIA in January involving seizure of 3.476-kgs of gold valued at Rs 1.06-crore.

Interestingly, the modus operandi is similar or sometimes different in each of these seizures.

The latest case is one of mis-declaration and that of concealment in the beading of a trolley bag from a passenger - Mohammed Azhar, resident of Bhatkal who arrived at MIA by Air India Express flight IX 814 from Dubai, said Krishna Kumar Prasad, assistant commissioner of customs at MIA.

The official recorded the statement of the passenger, arrested and produced him before the magistrate, who remanded Mohammed to 15 days judicial custody.

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Brahmin Savarkar was non-veg eater; wasn't against cow slaughter: Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao

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October 3,2024

Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao reminded that V D Savarkar was not against cow slaughter as he himself was non-veg eater, PTI reported on Thursday.

"As a Brahmin he was eating meat, and he was openly propagating eating meat," said the minister at an event in Bengaluru.

Reacting to Gundu Rao's claim, BJP MP Anurag Thakur called Congress a "factory of lies" as he warned that India won't tolerate any disrespect towards Savarkar.

"By disrespecting Veer Savarkar they have shown that they don't respect freedom fighters. During the Congress government, Sardar Bhagat Singh was termed a separatist in textbooks...By making those who want to break the nation join the congress party, Rahul Gandhi is taking forward the ideology of 'tukde tukde' and he is a 'modern Jinnah' who speaks ill of the country abroad...," he said.

Meanwhile, a court in Maharashtra's Nashik district summoned Congress MP Rahul Gandhi earlier this week in a defamation case filed against him for his alleged objectionable remarks against the Hindutva ideologue.

The complainant, who is the director of an NGO, claimed he watched a press conference addressed by Gandhi in Hingoli and also a speech made by the Congress leader in November 2022.

He alleged that Gandhi, on the two occasions, by his words and visual representations knowingly harmed the reputation of Veer Savarkar and also tried to defame the latter's image in the society.

According to the complainant, Gandhi said "Savarkar is BJP and RSS jin" which was defamatory in nature.

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