On Friday night, the Varanasi unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) apprehended two smugglers with 2.368 kg of gold worth approximately ₹1.63 crore from AC coach B-5 of the Banaras-New Delhi Superfast Express. The arrested smugglers, Ashish Rana from Fatebar (Devara) in West Medinipur, West Bengal, and Tapas Midya...
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from Ashok Vihar in Karol Bagh, New Delhi, were presented before the court of Remand Magistrate Vertika Shubhanand on Saturday. The DRI, represented by Special Public Prosecutor Uday Bahadur Singh, secured a 14-day judicial remand for both individuals. The smugglers confessed that the recovered gold was brought from Bangladesh and Myanmar via West Bengal, transported by other smugglers to Varanasi, and they were en route to New Delhi to deliver it to a jeweler. The DRI will further investigate other syndicate members, as the seized gold is of foreign origin and was smuggled. The duo obtained the gold from a person named Chandu through a jewelry store in Varanasi. The DRI will also be questioning jewelers in Varanasi and New Delhi.