2 passengers caught after footwear exchange in Dubai-Bengaluru flight; 1.3kg gold paste seized

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September 19, 2018

Bengaluru, Sept 19: Customs officials have successfully thwarted a mid-air attempt to smuggle gold on board an Air India flight from Dubai. The episode ended with the arrest of two men and seizure of 1.32 kg of gold paste worth Rs 41.3 lakh concealed in their footwear.

The officials claimed that the modus operandi was to grind gold ornaments into a paste and conceal it in the inner lining of the footwear of one of the carriers who boarded the flight from Dubai. “It’s a novel idea devised by smugglers to evade detection after we increased vigilance,” said an official.

One passenger, identified as Samseer Ali, boarded the flight from Dubai wearing the green sandals with the gold paste hidden in the sole.

When the aircraft reached Goa, his aide Salman Faris boarded the flight and sat next to Ali. The duo arrived in Bengaluru and tried to slip away from the officials. However, following passenger profiling, customs sleuths found the two acting in a suspicious manner and detained them.

On questioning, they revealed they were smuggling gold, following which the sleuths seized the sandals Faris was wearing and cut them open to discover 1.3kg of gold paste. The duo was arrested, sources said.

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Anti-Patroit
 - 
Thursday, 20 Sep 2018

if common man try to make small money then all innocient citizen of india(slaves of politices) will cry...if political party do gaint money then they become maron like above two commented person...try to grow up dude...you need money not this country...all idiots died for this country of no use..even soldier of our country get 1 lak after he dies then 10 crore for olympic metelist...people are fools..make money, live happily this is slogan from politics...people of india will be always slaves for them...

Naresh
 - 
Wednesday, 19 Sep 2018

These criminals are more creative. They are adopting new ways. 

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January 23,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 23: Bajpe Police on Thursday registered yet another case against the prime accused in Mangaluru International Airport case, Aditya Rao.

According to the police, a complaint was received from the officials of Indigo flight that they had to delay their flight scheduled to take off for Hyderabad at 1615 hrs after receiving a hoax call from Aditya, threatening of bomb.

They also asserted that the passengers were de-boarded from the flight and the luggages were brought back to security check again.

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June 12,2020

Mangaluru, June 12: Juma prayers were held in dozens of mosques across coastal district of Dakshina Kannada including the city of Mangaluru for the first time in nearly three months upholding all the safety norms including physical distancing. 

For the first time in the recent history of Mangaluru, juma prayers were stalled in all the mosques for 11 consecutive weeks as part of nationwide coronavirus lockdown. 

While many mosques were reopened for the congregational prayers in the region on June 8 (Monday) after receiving approval from the government, many others are yet to be opened as Muslim religious leaders are taking additional precautionary measures to prevent the spread of covid-19 apart from following all the guidelines issued by the government.

“Around 400 people participated in the Juma prayer at Zeenat Bakhsh Juma Masjid. All the safety guidelines were followed. Sadaqatul Nadwi delivered the sermon and led the prayers,” S M Rasheed Haji, executive member of the mosque committee told coastaldigest.com.

“As per the guidelines, devotees performed Wudu (ablution) at their homes and also carried their own musalla (prayer mat) to the mosque,” said a Jalaluddin, a cleric who offered Juma prayers in Ullal.  

The guidelines issued by the government to the mosques also include disinfecting the premises at regular intervals, maintaining physical distance, wearing masks and finishing prayers in “minimum permissible time”.

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March 11,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 11: Nitte Education Trust is among the top 50 reputed institutions in the country selected by NITI Aayog for setting up Atal Incubation Centre under Union government's Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) scheme.

NITI Aayog has sanctioned Rs 9 Crore to Nitte Education Trust for setting up a full-fledged Incubation Centre at Nitte, of which Rs 2.5 crores has been received as first instalment according to a press release here on Wednesday.

Atal Incubation Centre- Nitte provides start-ups with valuable guidance, technological aid, access to investors, networking and facilitating a host of other services required for start-ups to survive and scale. Start-ups also receive direction through the robust chain of mentors who give sector-specific information and real-time practical guidance.

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