The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted searches at four locations in Guwahati (Assam) and Sangli (Maharashtra) in connection with the Delhi Gold Smuggling Case.
“These locations are premises related to accused persons and their handlers from where they used to give effect to the commission of crime,” the agency said in a statement here.
The NIA further said, “During the 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 NIA had registered the case on September 16 this year which relates to seizure of 83.62 Kg of smuggled gold bars having market value of Rs 42.89 crore at New Delhi Railway Station on August 28, 2020 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 at New Delhi on the directions of their handlers who are suspected to have sourced the smuggled material from Myanmar, Nepal and Bhutan, it said, adding further investigation is continuing.