IGI smuggling racket: Customs to get warrant against fourth accused

New Delhi: While three persons were arrested last week for their alleged involvement in a smuggling racket operating out of Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport —one of them an Air India employee— the Customs department on Monday said the fourth accused in the case, also an AI employee, is still at large. The department has now decided to move the court seeking issuance of a non-bailable warrant against the accused.
Identified as Kishore Kumar (53), the accused is employed with Air India as a Hindi translator. He was identified by the Customs through CCTV footage reviewed by the department after the racket was unearthed following the detention of two persons by the CISF on suspicion outside T3 on March 24. Examination of the baggage of one of them — a passenger who had arrived from Singapore — revealed goods worth Rs 27 lakh in his possession.
“The fourth person involved in the case is still absconding. Summons have been sent to his residential address, which is locked. He has not reported to work all these days,” an investigating officer said. “We will now approach the court to issue a non-bailable warrant against Kishore Kumar, so that he can be arrested soon,” he said.
05/04/11 Indian Express

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Categories: Airports Apr 2011