New Delhi: Employees engaged by Delhi airport operators may soon have to face tougher checking by customs officials as part of efforts to put a check on incidents of gold smugglings involving them.
The move comes after Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and customs officials found involvement of some airport ground staff, including those responsible for collecting garbage, loading and unloading cargo, maintaining inventory, cleaning and supervising other maintenance works, in smuggling of the yellow metal.
Of late, some employees hired by contract firms of Delhi airport operators have been held by the DRI and customs officials for allegedly trying to smuggle in gold with the help of passengers, official sources said.
The customs department may take up the matter with Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), a joint venture consortium of GMR Group (54 per cent), Airports Authority of India (26 per cent), and Fraport AG & Eraman Malaysia (10 per cent each), they said.
24/02/14 PTI/Business Standard
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The move comes after Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and customs officials found involvement of some airport ground staff, including those responsible for collecting garbage, loading and unloading cargo, maintaining inventory, cleaning and supervising other maintenance works, in smuggling of the yellow metal.
Of late, some employees hired by contract firms of Delhi airport operators have been held by the DRI and customs officials for allegedly trying to smuggle in gold with the help of passengers, official sources said.
The customs department may take up the matter with Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), a joint venture consortium of GMR Group (54 per cent), Airports Authority of India (26 per cent), and Fraport AG & Eraman Malaysia (10 per cent each), they said.
24/02/14 PTI/Business Standard
