Plan to check cash flow at airport

Patna: Buoyed by some remarkable achievements of its Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) at Jayaprakash Narayan International (JPNI) Airport here in the past few months, the I-T (investigation) department has sent a proposal to the Central Board of Direct Taxes ( CBDT) for setting up a permanent AIU unit at the Patna airport.
"The success of AIU unit here has encouraged us to ask to convert the temporary unit into a permanent one," an I-T official said, adding that the permanent unit will help officials to a great extent in checking movement of illegal valuables and unaccounted cash.
The AIU unit gains further significance at JPNI airport as it may easily be used by white-collar criminals and smuggling agents to carry cash and other valuables to Nepal through the porous Indo-Nepal border.
The I-T department had set up a temporary AIU unit at the city airport after the Election Commission of India asked it to do so during the recently concluded Bihar assembly elections. The temporary office of the AIU unit was set up in October-November last year.
14/01/11 Times of India

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Categories: Airports Jan 2011