Customs authorities seized $38,000 from an Indian High Commission official in Bangladesh when he allegedly tried to take out the greenbacks illegally by using diplomatic immunity, officials said.
Armed police and customs officials at the airport challenged Sandipan Bhattacharya at the anti-trafficking point in the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport area as he, along with his wife, was trying to leave Dhaka for Kolkata by an Indian Airlines flight on Thursday night.
Joint Commissioner of Dhaka Customs House Kazi Muhammad Ziauddin told The Financial Express that, having been challenged, he identified himself as a visa officer at the Indian HC in Dhaka.
"Later, he admitted having possessed the amount. He was carrying the money in a schoolbag," Ziauddin said.
21/03/15 Financial Express
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Armed police and customs officials at the airport challenged Sandipan Bhattacharya at the anti-trafficking point in the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport area as he, along with his wife, was trying to leave Dhaka for Kolkata by an Indian Airlines flight on Thursday night.
Joint Commissioner of Dhaka Customs House Kazi Muhammad Ziauddin told The Financial Express that, having been challenged, he identified himself as a visa officer at the Indian HC in Dhaka.
"Later, he admitted having possessed the amount. He was carrying the money in a schoolbag," Ziauddin said.
21/03/15 Financial Express
