Lok Sabha Question No. 914 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-24
Subject: Gold Theft Rom Customs Warehouse
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: CH. MALLA REDDY, RANJANBEN BHATT, RAJESH VERMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 914

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY 24h JLY2015 SHRAVANA 2, 1937 [SAKA]

## GOLD THEFT FROM CUSTOMS WAREHOUSE

914. SHRI CH. MALLA REDDY: SHRIMATI RANJANBEN BHATT: SHRI RAJESH VERMA

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a whether Government is aware of theft of confiscated from the   Customs warehouse located at Indira Gandhi International Airport; gold
- if the details thereof with the quantum of missing from the aforesaid warehouse; along SO, gold
- whether Government has conducted any inquiry in this regard; and
- (d) if s0, the details thereof and the outcome thereon?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE [SHRI JAYANT SINHA]

- (a) Yes, the Government is aware of the theft,
- (6) to (d): 23663.8 gm. of is missing from the Customs warehouse located at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi: Cases have been registered at the Indira Gandhi International  Airport police station. The cases have also been  forwarded to the Director General of Vigilance, Central Board of Excise and Customs, New Delhi for conducting an inquiry. The details are given at Annexure-A: gold

| SL No.   | Name of Passenger      |   Quantity of missing (in gm:) as per DR/Panchnama gold | Date on which taken for inventorization for disposal   | Date of FIR   |
|----------|------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
| 1        | Iqbal Khan             |                                                 1150.00 |                                                        | 17.01.2014    |
| 2        | Udoporam Anek          |                                                 1632.90 | 17.01.2014                                             | 21.01.2014    |
| 3_       | Balbir Singh           |                                                 1107.70 | 14.11.2013                                             | 02.05.2014    |
| 4        | Unclaimed              |                                                 6996.00 | 24.02.2014                                             | 02.05.2014    |
| 5_       | Meeti                  |                                                 1516.20 | 12.11.2014                                             | 23.12.2014    |
| 6_       | Kuteeri Kunhi Mohammed |                                                 2563.00 | 17.06.2015                                             |               |
| 7_       | Kishan Singh Arora     |                                                 1399.20 | 17.06.2015                                             | 26.06.2015    |
| 8        |                        |                                                 3149.55 | 17.06.2015                                             | 26.06.2015    |
| 9        | Sarfaraz Ahmed         |                                                 2916.00 | 17.06.2015                                             | 26.06.2015    |
| 10.      | Satish Kumar Bansal    |                                                 1233.25 | 17.06.2015                                             | 26.06.2015    |

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