The smuggling case was booked by Customs on 5 February when two luxury watches were seized from a Hongkong-based Indian Muhammed Faherdeen Mubeen, who came to Chennai from Singapore.
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The Chennai Customs has summoned Ponguleti Harsha Reddy, the son of Telangana minister Srinivasa Reddy, over his alleged involvement in a multi-crore smuggling of high-end watches. Reddy was asked to appear on 4 April, but he didn’t, stating that he was recovering from dengue. However, he has agreed to appear after 27 April, official sources said. Reddy, meanwhile, claimed innocence.