Gold theft 4 customs officials suspended

Staff Reporter :
Four customs officials have been suspended temporarily over the theft of around 55.51 kilograms of gold from the volt of the customs godown at Dhaka Airport.

The four suspended officials are: assistant revenue officials Md Saidul Islam Sahed, Md Shahidul Islam, Masum Rana, and Akram Sheikh.

An order, signed by Dhaka Customs House Commissioner AKM Nurul Huda, confirmed the matter on Tuesday.

Earlier on September 3, more than 55 kg of gold was stolen from the customs house warehouse at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

The estimated value of the gold is around Tk15 crore.

Basically, these golds were kept in the customs house warehouse after being seized from the passengers.

An FIR was lodged with Dhaka Airport Police Station on September 3 by Mohammad Sohrab Hossain, assistant customs officer of the preventive team of Dhaka Customs.

According to the FIR, during patrolling on a regular basis, an airport official noticed the lock of a particular volt was broken, and informed his senior officials about this on September 2.

On information, the joint commissioner along with other customs officials visited the spot and found a part of the tin-made volt cut with a sharp object.

The customs officials later found that around 55.51 kilograms of gold seized in different drives conducted from 2020-2023 were missing from the volt.