"The chargesheet will be submitted to the court as soon as all evidence is in place," a SIT member said.Meanwhile, the Mizoram government awaits a response from the CBI regarding the notification to hand over the case to the agency on June 14, 2016.The nine arrested Assam Rifles personnel, with the exception of Col Jasjit Singh, confessed to committing highway robbery and decamping with 52 gold bars worth Rs 14.5 crore. They then reportedly stole the gold bars the vehicle had been smuggling from Myanmar The gold bars were stashed at the residence of Naik Subedar KC Roy and the loot was handed over to Col Singh the following morning at his official residence in Aizawl's Tuikhuahtland locality, the jawans said. The Colonel congratulated them on the success of their 'operation'. "He paid them amounts ranging from Rs 70,000 to Rs 1,00,000 to buy their silence," SIT officials said.Col Singh countered this allegation by saying that he was in Silchar on December 14 and had sent his jawans to intercept a reported cache of arms being smuggled from Myanmar. He claimed he had no knowledge of the dacoity.

Source: Times of India September 15, 2016 00:56 UTC