Suspended Commandant of Assam Rifles Col Jasjit Singh, one of the main accused in a case of smuggled gold robbery, was today remanded to police custody for 72 hours by a local court.
Singh was arrested on May five after eight Assam Rifles personnel, who allegedly waylaid a vehicle on December 14 night on the outskirts of Aizawl and robbed it, claimed that they committed the crime at the behest of the Commandant.
The Assam Rifles personnel had reportedly decamped with 52 gold bars worth around Rs 14.5 crore, a cellphone and Rs 75,000 in cash after threatening the driver of the vehicle at gun point.
All the eight AR personnel involved in the crime were later arrested and sent to police custody. Last week, they, along with four civilians, were remanded to judicial custody.
The arrested civilians included Lalmuanawma Mithipi, a former student leader and transporter or 'mule' employed by gold smugglers, and Bulaki Chand Baid, a well-known Aizawl-based businessman.
