Delhi gold smuggling: NIA to probe bigger conspiracy, doable terror hyperlinks

India

oi-Vicky Nanjappa

New
Delhi,
Mar
07:
The
Nationwide
Investigation
Company
has
taken
over
the
probe
into
the
Delhi
gold
smuggling
case.
The
NIA
had
earlier
probed
the
Kerala
gold
smuggling
case.

The
case
pertains
to
the
smuggling
of
gold
into
the
Delhi
Airport
from
the
United
Arab
Emirates.
Sources
inform
OneIndia
that
the
NIA
would
look
at
the
chance
of
a
terror
hyperlink
in
this
case.

The
Kerala
case
was
first
busted
by
the
Customs
following
the
restoration
of
30
kilograms
of
gold
which
arrived
from
the
UAE
on
June
30
2020.
The
NIA
probe
discovered
that
the
gold
was
smuggled
in
a
diplomatic
cargo
utilizing
cast
authorisation
letters.

On
January
12
this
12 months,
a
resident
of
Uttar
Pradesh,
Mohammad
Shahjan
was
caught
with
175
grams
of
gold
and
pretend
Indian
forex
notes
price
Rs
10
lakh.
He
had
arrived
at
Delhi
from
Ras-al-Khaimah
in
Dubai.
Shahjan
was
arrested
alongside
with
Amir-ul-Haq
had
come
to
the
Delhi
Airport
to
accumulate
the
consignment.

The
NIA
will
examine
all
angles
and
one
major
one
would
be
relating
to
the
use
of
the
UAE
route
to
convey
in
gold
into
India.
The
NIA
would
additionally
look
to
discover
out
if
the
proceeds
had been
going
to
be
used
for
terror
funding.
The
bigger
conspiracy
in
this
case
would
additionally
be
appeared
into,
the
supply
cited
above
additionally
stated.