Rs. 50 lakh worth smuggled gold looted; Man files complaint at Ahmedabad Airport police station

Ahmedabad: A first-time smuggler successfully smuggled gold worth Rs. 50 lakh by carrying it in his body. However he faced horrific time after he stepped out of the airport. A police complaint has been filed at Airport police station in the city in this regard.

Arif Sheikh(21), resident of Navrang Maholla in Nagarwada area of Vadodara has in his complaint stated that he smuggled gold worth Rs. 50 lakh and came out of Ahmedabad airport terminal-2. Unidentified persons then kidnapped him and took him to a 10-storey flat and robbed the smuggled gold capsules and currency notes from him.

As per the complaint, a complainant Arif lives with his parents and works as a laborer in Vadodara. He has studied till class-12. He is Indian passport holder. Two months ago his father’s friend Zakir Bora, resident of Tandalja area of Vadodara told him that latter’s one friend who lives in Dubai wants to send gold to India. Bora asked Arif to go to Dubai and bring gold from a friend named Ammar. As Arif agreed to this, Bora arranged tickets and also offered Rs. 20,000 to complete the task. Bora dropped Arif to Ahmedabad airport. Arif took flight on 9 Sept to Dubai. Arif was received by Bora’s friend Ammar at Dubai airport. Ammar gave Arif a room to stay. Arif stayed in Dubai for 17 days. On 27 October, Ammar gave two capsules containing gold in solid form. The weight of capsules was 850 gram and gold in them was worth Rs. 50 lakh market value. Arif put both capsule in his body. Ammar told Arif that one Raiyan would pick him up at Ahmedabad airport.

On 27 October when Arif landed at Ahmedabad airport and completed immigration and custom procedures. Arif found that one Aftab was there to pick him up instead of Raiyan. Aftab was accompanied with Mubin who was driving the Eco car vehicle.

Sitting in Eco car, when they three came outside the Airport parking area, two unidentified persons of around 35 age stopped the car and identified themselves as ATS officials. They sat in Eco car and forced to reach Narol area through riverfront. A car was stopped near dumping ground and Arif was taken out. Another car then came and a person took Arif inside that second car. Arif was then taken to 10th floor of an unidentified flat and forced to enter a toilet where gold capsules were taken out of his body.

Arif was threatened to remain silent and keep this entire sequence secret. Arif was given back his mobile phone and sent to Vadodara in bus. He contacted Bora, following which a complaint was filed in Airport police station regarding a loot of Rs. 50 lakh gold and Rs. 745 value currency notes. DeshGujarat