Post NIA raid,security for angadia trucks revised

Following the raid on angadia trucks ferrying diamonds and jewellery by National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Income Tax (IT) department on July 1,Mumbai Police have revised security for the transport of valuables

Following the raid on angadia trucks ferrying diamonds and jewellery by National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Income Tax (IT) department on July 1,Mumbai Police have revised security for the transport of valuables between Mumbai and Gujarat.

NIA,acting on a tip-off,had intercepted four trucks outside Mumbai Central railway station and seized 102 containers with rough uncut diamonds,jewellery and stacks of cash. IT later returned the consignment except for Rs 10 crore,which was unaccounted for.

Fifteen days after the raid,police officials confirm that two separate meetings were convened to discuss the police escort that regularly accompanies these trucks.

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Angadia associations have now been asked to identify one nodal person who will communicate with police on the details of the consignments as well as the time line – from loading the trucks to offloading them at the railway station before transferring the goods into long distance mails.

Officials confirmed that from now on detailed information will have be given by the chosen nodal person to police before cover is provided.

The entire business of angadias is based on trust. Even now there will be nothing in writing at our end,but we have asked the association to give us the name of the person who will co-ordinate with us, said Nisar Tamboli,DCP (Zone 2). The trucks ferry the goods from Kalbadevi and Opera House to Mumbai Central railway station.

Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Sadanand Date also met the association members and discussed the security issues involved.

megha.sood@expressindia.com

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