Suspended AR Commandant remanded to two days police custody

Suspended Commandant of the 39th Assam Rifles Col Jasjit Singh, one of the prime accused in the smuggled gold robbery case, was today remanded to two days police custody by a local court.
Singh was arrested on May 5 after it came to light that eight Assam Rifles personnel had allegedly waylaid a SUV on the night of December 14 last year near the southern outskirts of Aizawl and decamped with 52 gold bars worth around Rs 14.5 crore, a mobile phone and Rs 75,000 in cash after threatening the driver of the vehicle, Lalnunfela, at gun point.
Other accused in the case - four civilians and eight Assam Rifles personnel have been remanded to judicial custody.

The arrested civilians included former student leader Lalmuanawma Mathipi and Aizawl-based businessman Bulaki Chand Baid.
Both Mathipi and Baid were released on bail on May 13.