Mumbai: Businesswoman Vihari Sheth, arrested last August for trying to smuggle in diamond-studded gold jewellery in her innerwear and a high-end wristwatch collectively valued Rs 2.05 crore, had formed a syndicate with her uncle Jiten Seth, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence's show-cause notice said.
Vihari, partner of Singapore-based Vihari Jewels Pte Ltd, was arrested on her arrival at the Mumbai airport. She apparently indulged in smuggling of diamonds and diamond-studded gold jewellery worth Rs 30 crore in the past, the notice said. Vihari has made 32 visits to Mumbai in 28 months, beginning March 2011, and evidence show that she was "in the habit of smuggling gold jewellery or diamonds from Singapore". Vihari has been employed as a conduit by her family in India and Singapore to smuggle in jewellery and sell them through their family showroom in Mumbai, the notice said.
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Vihari, partner of Singapore-based Vihari Jewels Pte Ltd, was arrested on her arrival at the Mumbai airport. She apparently indulged in smuggling of diamonds and diamond-studded gold jewellery worth Rs 30 crore in the past, the notice said. Vihari has made 32 visits to Mumbai in 28 months, beginning March 2011, and evidence show that she was "in the habit of smuggling gold jewellery or diamonds from Singapore". Vihari has been employed as a conduit by her family in India and Singapore to smuggle in jewellery and sell them through their family showroom in Mumbai, the notice said.
30/01/14 C Unnikrishnan/Times of India
