Assam Rifles Commandant Col Jasjit Singh, accused of being involved in a robbery in which his men decamped with Rs 14.5 crore worth of gold smuggled from Myanmar, was today remanded to police custody for three days by a district court.
Chief Judicial Magistrate R Vanlalchami allowed the police plea for three days remand of Singh, Commandant of AR's 39th battalion, and he would be produced before the CJM's court on Monday.
Singh was arrested yesterday in Aizawl district court premises after the district and sessions judge Lucy Lalrinthari rejected his anticipatory bail plea.
Eight other AR personnel were arrested earlier on the charge of highway robbery committed on December 14 last when they reportedly decamped with 52 gold bars worth around Rs 14.5 crore from a vehicle that had reportedly smuggled the gold bars from Myanmar.
They reportedly told the police that they were ordered to commit the dacoity by Singh.
