The Mumbai’s Customs Department had seized two luxury wrist watches allegedly worth ₹5 crores from Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya on his arrival from Dubai at the airport. It is alleged that the cricketer had not bill receipt of the watches.
Customs Department seized two wrist watches, worth Rs 5 crores, of cricketer #HardikPandya on Sunday night, when he was returning from Dubai. The cricketer allegedly did not have the bill receipt of the watches: Mumbai Customs Department
(ANI) pic.twitter.com/SRhwil542J
— NDTV (@ndtv) November 16, 2021
The Indian team had landed at the Mumbai airport on Monday after the T20 World Cup from Dubai. Hardik Pandya was part of the Indian squad.
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On the other hand, taking to Twitter, the Indian player had cleared that the actual cost of the watches is 1.5 crore Indian rupees and not 5 crore.
He said that all the allegations against him are unfounded.
— hardik pandya (@hardikpandya7) November 16, 2021
In 2020, cricketer Krunal Pandya, the brother of Hardik Pandya, was also stopped at the Mumbai International Airport for allegedly carrying undisclosed gold and other valuable items.