Krunal Pandya was detained at Mumbai airport on Thursday for failing to declare up to four luxury watches to Customs. The Mumbai Indians star reportedly said he had no idea about the declaration procedure and customs duties.
More investigation into the case of luxury watches Krunal Pandya (AFP Photo)
HIGHLIGHT
- Krunal Pandya was arrested at Mumbai airport for failing to declare 4 luxury watches to Customs
- Krunal traveled from the United Arab Emirates after winning the 2020 IPL title with the Mumbai Indians
- Krunal was questioned by officials from the Intelligence Revenue Directorate from 5:30 pm on Thursday.
Airport Customs will continue to investigate the case involving Indian cricketer Krunal Pandya, who was detained at Mumbai airport on suspicion of being in possession of undisclosed gold and valuables upon arrival in the country from the UAE. United.
The case will be further investigated by Mumbai Airport Customs. Krunal Pandya was arrested Thursday by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials at Mumbai airport after four luxury watches were found in his luggage. It came to light that the off-roader had failed to declare the watches to Customs while arriving from the UAE after the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL) competition.
DRI officials found that the four luxury watches, which were from Omega and Ambular Piguet, were not declared by Pandya to Customs and no taxes had been paid on them. The watches were suspected to be worth less than 1 crore rupees.
According to sources, Krunal Pandya was detained and questioned by DRI officials from 5:30 pm. The Mumbai Indians star reportedly said that he had no idea about the declaration procedure and customs duties, so he had not declared the watches to customs.
The watches were seized and turned over to Mumbai airport customs for valuation and Krunal was able to leave the airport around midnight. After the valuation of the watches, Krunal will have to pay around 38 percent of their value as customs duty and the awarding authority will also decide the amount of the fine to be imposed on Krunal.
Once Krunal pays the customs duties and the fine, the seized luxury watches will be delivered to him.
