ABSCONDER IN 2020 GOLD SMUGGLING CASE NABBED AT JAIPUR AIRPORT
New Delhi, 10 September: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday made its 17th arrest in the gold smuggling case connected with the seizure of gold bars worth over Rs. 9 crore at the Jaipur International Airport in 2020.
Muniyad Ali Khan, who had been absconding and had a standing warrant of arrest issued against him by the NIA Special Court, Jaipur, was nabbed at Jaipur International Airport after the immigration officials received an alert from Interpol. A Red Corner Notice was also in place against Muniyad, against whom a chargesheet had been filed by NIA in March 2021, along with 17 others.
NIA investigations in the case RC-36/2020/NIA/DLI have revealed that Muniyad, while working in Saudi Arabia, had conspired with co-accused, Sameer Khan, Aizaz Khan, Surendra Kumar Darji and Mohammad Arif, to smuggle gold bars/biscuits into India from the Gulf nation. He had concealed the gold bars in emergency lights in the check-in baggage of the co-accused.
On 3rd July 2020, Customs officials at the Jaipur International Airport had seized gold bars weighing 18,569.39 grams and valued at Rs. 92,382,724. NIA, which had taken over the case on 22nd September, 2020, is continuing with its investigation.
