Army officer arrested for robbing smuggled gold
Colonel Jasjit Singh, the Commandant of the 39th battalion of the Assam Rifles was arrested on Thursday for being allegedly involved in a highway robbery of gold bars worth ₹14.5 crore smuggled from Myanmar. Eight Assam Rifles men who participated in the dacoity have also been arrested. The arrest comes as the suspected smuggler filed a complaint with the police. 