60 Kg Silver Ornaments Seized at Rourkela Railway Station

Rourkela: The personnel of the Government Railway Police (GRP) seized 60 kg of silver ornaments from a person identified as Chandan Kumar at Rourkela Railway Station on Thursday.

Kumar was found to be illegally transporting the silver. He was handed over to the GST department for further investigation.

According to sources, Kumar was travelling from Agra to Ranchi and had opted for a brief stopover in Rourkela.

Initially, he claimed before the GST officials that the silver ornaments were for bought legally for personal use.  He claimed to have bought about 51 kg of silver in Agra and provided invoices regarding it.

During stop over in Rourkela, he claimed to have purchased 10 kg of silver biscuits. But he could not produce an invoice for the same.

A thorough investigation is underway to ascertain the veracity of the documents provided by the man.