New Delhi, Mar 22 (UNI) The anti-terror probe agency NIA on Monday said it filed a charge sheet against eighteen alleged smugglers in connection with seizure of 18.5 Kgs of smuggled Gold at Jaipur International Airport under sections 120B, 204 of IPC, section 16,18,20,of the UA(P) Act. Before the Jaipur NIA Special Court.
According to NIA officials those who have been named in the charge sheet include Hetram, Sunil Verma, Rashid Qureshi, Abdul Razzak, Shokat Ali, Surendra Kumar Darji, Mohammed Arif, Aizaz Khan, Sameer Khan, Muniyad Ali Khan, Subhash, Mohammed Maqbool Shekh, Chuna Ram, Amjad Ali, Mohabbat Ali, Ramchandra, Mukesh and Mohammed Aslam. The charge sheet was filed before a Jaipur NIA Special Court, they added.
In the charge sheet the NIA said, investigation led to the recovery of various incriminating material including chats, audio messages and images from the digital devices of accused persons. “It was revealed that the above charge-sheeted accused persons had conspired and formed an international gang for smuggling gold into India. The gold bars were being smuggled by the members of the gang to Jaipur from Saudi Arabia for its further delivery to gold dealers,” it said.
The NIA had took up the case for investigation on September 22, 2020 at NIA PS and registered an FIR under section 120B of IPC and section 16 of UA(P)A relating to “the seizure of 18.56939 Kilograms smuggled gold at Jaipur International Airport”, officials in the agency said.
