Ismail (24) from Munnur in Mangalore taluk, was detained by customs officials during immigration checking for carrying excess gold items without declaring them.
According to Ismail, who had been employed from two years in Muscat, he flew to Mangalore with a set of three gold bangles weighing 35 grams in total along with a purchase receipt as a gift for an occasion. He said that the customs officials detained him and instructed him to pay a sum of Rs 10,000 as fine. They even confiscated his passport.
When he refused to pay the amount, he was taken to a separate room and assaulted by an official in plainclothes.
The flight arrived at 7.30 p.m. at the airport, and Ismail was released at 10 p.m. along with his confiscated belongings.
Having sustained injuries in the assault, Ismail was hospitalised in a private hospital.
However, the officials belonging to the Customs department denied that any such assault occurred at the airport.
Sources at the airport said that the passenger had been detained merely for questioning since the gold jewellery had been shown in the luggage scan, and the questioning took up some time as the passenger required a translator.
A complaint has been filed at Kadri police station, which was later transferred to Bajpe police station.
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