4 arrested by BSF for gold smuggling near B'desh border

The BSF has arrested four persons for their alleged involvement in a smuggling racket across the International border in West Bengal's Nadia district, a statement said today.
Acting on a tip-off on gold smuggling from Bangladesh to India, BSF troops under sector Headquarters Behrampur launched a special operation at the Fence Gate No 80 of Border Out Post Nandanpur within Karimpur Police Station limits of Nadia district, a Border Security Force (BSF) statement said.
A special BSF team intercepted a woman roaming around the fencing gate at about 12.30 PM. The personnel frisked her with the help of BSF Mahila Prahari and discovered she was wearing a waist belt.

Inside the belt nine gold biscuits, weighing around 982 gm were recovered, the statement said.
On questioning, the woman identified as Nirachan Sekh, led to the troopers apprehending two of her accomplices - Chhadek Sekh and Rahit Sekh - from near the international border.
"On the basis of her statement, Chhadek Sekh and Rahit Sekh were also apprehended near the IB in two different operations," it said.

Following this, the BSF conducted a joint operation along with a team from Karimpur Police Station at Rautbari and seized gold ornaments valued at over Rs 1.30 lakh, besides foreign and Indian currencies.

One woman was also apprehended from the house, the statement said, adding that all the four arrested along with their seized items, have been handed over to the police.
The BSF South Bengal Frontier has so far apprehended 17 gold smugglers and seized a total of 9,890 gm of gold approximately valued over Rs 2 crore this year, it said.