Gold Paste Worth Tk 1.55 Crore Recovered From Indian Citizen's Body at Satkhira's Bhomra Border
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has foiled an attempt to smuggle gold into India through the Bhomra border in Satkhira. BGB members recovered 813.50 grams of gold paste hidden inside the body of an Indian citizen using a special technique. The estimated market value of the recovered gold is Tk 1.55 crore. The Indian citizen was detained in the incident.
A special patrol team of Bhomra BOP under Satkhira Battalion (33 BGB) carried out the operation at around 9am on Monday (November 2).
According to BGB sources, acting on intelligence, BGB members began surveillance on an Indian passport holder who had come to smuggle gold into India through the Bhomra immigration checkpoint. He was later searched and questioned. At one stage, when he was taken to a hospital for a physical examination, tests detected two packets hidden inside his body. The two packets were recovered and found to contain 813.50 grams of gold paste.
The detained man is Shah Golam Hossain (43), a resident of West Bengal in India.
The information was given in a press release signed by Lieutenant Colonel Kazi Ashikur Rahman, commander of Satkhira Battalion (33 BGB). The release said legal action against the detained man is under way.
