Kolkata, Sep 20 (PTI) The BSF has apprehended a man from West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district for allegedly smuggling gold worth Rs 36 lakh from Bangladesh, a spokesperson of the border-guarding force said on Sunday.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of the Hakimpur outpost of the Border Security Force (BSF) intercepted Rabiul Dafadar, a resident of Tarali village in the district, at a checkpost near the India-Bangladesh border on Saturday evening, he said.

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"When the team caught him, he was on his way to the Swarupda market on a bicycle. Three gold bars, weighing 683 grams in total, were recovered from his possession," the official said.

The gold bars were found concealed in his slippers, he added.

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During interrogation, Dafadar claimed that a Bangladeshi citizen had given the slippers to him and asked him to deliver the consignment to a man in the Swarupnagar area.

The man and the gold bars were handed over to the Customs Department's office at Tentulia, the BSF official said.

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