Indian trader sent to Dhaka jail

Agartala, May 15 (UNI) An Indian citizen was arrested from Dhaka’s Sahajalal International Airport with five gold biscuits, weighing 1.5 KG and worth Rs 78 lakh yesterday, Bangladeshi newspapers reported today.
According to report, he was given 10-day police remand after being produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dhaka, by the investigating officer. Accused Saurav Mandal is a trader of imitation jewelleries and resident of Kolkata.
He boarded the Bangkok-Chittagong-Dhaka flight of the Regent Airways from Chittagong.
Acting on tip- off the immigration officials challenged him after arrival in Dhaka and recovered the gold biscuits hidden in his shoes. During investigation he reportedly told the custom officials that he boarded the flight from Chittagong and collected the gold from seat no-17 and then put them in his shoes. UNI