On February 13th, 2023, GRP officers at Varanasi Railway Station seized jewelry worth over ₹4 crore from a passenger at platform 8. The passenger, identified as Rajesh from Rajkot, Rajasthan, was traveling from Ahmedabad to Gorakhpur and was preparing to travel to Patna on a general ticket. The jewelry, weighing approximately...
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4 kg, was being transported from Rajkot to Patna. The passenger was carrying a GPS tracking device within the bag containing the jewelry. Upon being questioned about the jewelry, the passenger could not provide satisfactory documentation. As a result, the jewelry and the passenger were seized and handed over to the Income Tax Department. The GRP personnel involved in the operation included Inspector Hemant Kumar Singh and Inspector Sandeep Yadav.