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Are 3,000 oxygen concentrators stuck in Customs as per viral social media claims? Here are the facts

OpIndia Staff - 4 May, 2021

The image shared by NDTV purported to be of the said oxygen concentrators was actually of the 300 oxygen concentrators received from Hong Kong which are already cleared.

News Reports

TMC divided over anti-dumping duty on newsprint, two Trinamool MPs write to PM Modi opposing and supporting the measure

OpIndia Staff - 18 March, 2021

TMC Rajya Sabha MP Nadimul Haque opposes anti-dumping duty on newsprint, party's Lok Sabha MP Saugata Roy supports it

News Reports

Kerala Gold Scam: Customs Dept seeks protection from Centre for probing officers as they inch closer to ‘big names’ involved

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2020

Request for protection came as investigating team learned that probe in the Kerala Gold scam might yield some big names in Kerala Gold scam

News Reports

At least 15.67 kg of gold recovered from rectums of passengers in 2020: Read details

OpIndia Staff - 1 November, 2020

Rectum gold smugglers appear to be a very persistent concern among custom officials.

News Reports

How do Customs officials remove gold concealed in the rectum of smugglers? Things you never thought you’d want to know

OpIndia Staff - 21 October, 2020

Customs officials convince the smugglers to eject the gold from their rectum, or extract with the help of doctors

News Reports

NIA probe unearths terror funding link with Kerala Gold smuggling accused Rameez

OpIndia Staff - 26 July, 2020

Rameez, the mastermind of gold smuggling case, was first booked in 2014, at the tender age of 20, for smuggling 15kg gold through cargo

News Reports

Kerala gold smuggling case: NIA recovers ₹1 Crore in cash and nearly 1 kg gold from the lockers of accused Swapna Suresh

OpIndia Staff - 25 July, 2020

NIA recovers Cash and gold from Federal Bank and SBI lockers of Kerala gold smuggling prime accused Swapna Suresh

News Reports

Rajasthan Fertiliser scam: Agrasain Gehlot, brother of Ashok Gehlot named as a part of smuggling syndicate in DRI and custom department report

OpIndia Staff - 24 July, 2020

Earlier, the ED had conducted raids at the premises of Agrasain Gehlot in Delhi, Rajasthan, West Bengal and Gujarat in connection to the fertiliser scam.

News Reports

CMO’s link with gold smuggling racket? Kerala CM’s Vijayan’s principal secretary removed after his name comes up in the scandal

Dibakar Dutta - 7 July, 2020

The opposition has been accusing that Sivasankar had used his influence to help Swapna Suresh, the main accused, escape and facilitated the clearance of the 'diplomatic package' containing the smuggled gold.

Law

SC observes ‘something very serious happening in West Bengal’, issues notice to Mamata govt over harassment of customs officials

OpIndia Staff - 12 April, 2019

"There is constitutional anarchy in West Bengal if I may say it succinctly," Solicitor General Tushar Mehta had contended

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