Kochi, Oct 7 (PTI) The Kerala High Court on Tuesday allowed actor Dulquer Salmaan to file an application for the provisional release of his vehicle seized by the Customs Preventive Department and directed the agency to consider it within one week if such a plea is filed.

The direction was issued by Justice Ziyad Rahman A A while hearing the actor’s petition seeking the release of his vehicle — a 2004 Land Rover Defender — seized by the agency as part of its operation to identify and confiscate luxury cars smuggled into India from Bhutan.

According to Dulquer, the vehicle was shipped by the International Committee of the Red Cross to the ICRC Regional Delegation in New Delhi.

In his petition, the actor stated that he was under the bona fide belief that the vehicle had valid ownership and

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