KHANDBARI: A case has been filed against seven people charged of smuggling gold into the district.
The Department of Revenue Investigation filed the case at the District Court in Chainpur, claiming returns worth more than 300 million rupees.
Police had arrested Topchen Bhote, 26, in mid-October, 2019 along with five kilograms of the yellow metal, smuggled from across the Kimathangka border with China.
Based on the statement by Bhote, police had arrested Chyang Rinjin and Garka Bhot of Khandbari-1. Four others involved in the illegal act are at large.
The case, however, has been filed against the seven accused of involvement in gold smuggling.
The group had reportedly smuggled 25 kilograms of gold so far. As a result, the Department is seeking penalties worth Rs. 300 million from the accused, said records keeper at the court Dilli Ram Prasain.
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