HSIA gold missing case transferred to DB

News Desk :
The case related to the missing of 55 kilograms (kg) of gold from a customs locker inside Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka has been transferred to the Detective Branch (DB) of police to investigate the incident.

Faruk Hossain, deputy commissioner (DC-media) of the DMP, confirmed the development on Wednesday, saying that the DB members have already started an investigation into the incident, reports UNB.

Officials said the customs officials seized the 55kg gold or gold bars from air passengers who brought them illegally from abroad from 2020 to 13 August this year.

The customs officials perform their duty in four shifts daily and those who seize the gold bars keep those at their own lockers and no one except the customs officials is allowed to enter the warehouse.

Those who performed duty in the past month might have taken away the gold.

55.5kg gold theft: Police suspect customs officials Dhaka Customs House’s sources said the incident of gold stealing came to the attention of the Dhaka Customs Department last Saturday.

However, the matter came to light widely a day later. After proper inventory, the Dhaka Customs House confirmed that around 55 kg of gold was stolen from its own airport’s godown.

According to a source of Dhaka Customs House, there was approximately more than 200 kg of gold in the warehouse.

The Dhaka Customs House has already formed a five-member committee headed by its Joint Commissioner (customs) Minhaj Uddin to investigate the entire incident.

Besides, Mohammad Sohrab Hossain, assistant revenue officer of Dhaka Customs House, filed a case with the airport police station accusing unidentified people on Sunday night.

According to the First Information Report (FIR), it was mentioned that someone or somebody took away the 55 kgs gold sometime between 12:15 pm on Saturday night and 8:30 am on Sunday breaking the locker of an almirah inside the warehouse.

According to the customs department, the value of this stolen gold is around Tk 45 crore.