The CBI has booked four customs officials for allegedly facilitating exports of fake gold jewellery valued at Rs 487 crore from the Chennai airport to claim customs duty refund and receiving Rs 6.99 crore as a bribe for it, officials said.
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“Enquiry conducted revealed that suspected exporters in connivance with Customs officials posted at Air Cargo Complex fraudulently exported fake jewellery in lieu of imported gold through designated agencies,” the CBI FIR has alleged.
It has said that customs officials allegedly cleared the fake jewellery as genuine gold after obtaining bribes.
Source: PTI
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