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Assam Rifles Cmdt in 3-day police custody

Assam Rifles Cmdt in 3-day police custody
Col Jasjit Singh

Aizawl, May 13

Suspended Commandant of Assam Rifles Col Jasjit Singh, one of the main accused in a case of smuggled gold robbery, was today remanded in police custody for 72 hours by a local court.Singh was arrested on May 5 after eight Assam Rifles personnel, who allegedly waylaid a vehicle on December 14 night on the outskirts of Aizawl and robbed it, claimed they committed the crime at the behest of the Commandant.The Assam Rifles personnel had reportedly decamped with 52 gold bars worth around Rs 14.5 crore, a cellphone and Rs 75,000 in cash after threatening the driver of the vehicle at gunpoint. — PTI