Thirty people who were detained at the Lucknow airport for allegedly smuggling gold into the country escaped after one of them pretended to fall sick and created chaos, officials said.
When the officials frisked them, cigarettes worth more than Rs 3 crore and cash worth Rs 23.90 lakh were seized from some of them. Six of the passengers told officials that they were carrying gold.
While Ms. Banerjee is scheduled to speak at a rally in the constituency at noon, the PM will address a mega rally at the Rasleela ground at 3 p.m., with both venues being 30 km apart.