New Delhi. Security agencies have arrested Muniyad Ali Khan, wanted for smuggling gold into the country, from UAE and brought him to India.
Muniyad Ali Khan was caught by the NIA at Jaipur airport in 2020. Khan was the mastermind in the gold smuggling case. The NIA had registered a case against him under UAPA. During the investigation, it was found that the main conspirator was Muniyad Ali Khan. He had planned to smuggle gold bars from Riyadh city of Saudi Arabia to India. After the smuggler was caught at Jaipur airport, the NIA registered an FIR and started the search.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) informed about the incident on Tuesday. According to the agency, “The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had seized smuggled gold bars at Jaipur International Airport on 3 July 2020. An FIR was registered in this case on 22 September and investigation was done. Investigation revealed that Muniyad Ali Khan had conspired with several people to smuggle gold bars from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to India and delivered them to the smugglers. In this case, the NIA had filed a chargesheet in its special court on 22 March 2021. On the request of the NIA, the CBI had issued a Red Corner Notice against him from Interpol on 13 September this year and alerted all law enforcement agencies globally to search for him.”
CBI got a big breakthrough in this case when the agency got information that Muniyad was in UAE. CBI immediately arrested Muniyad in UAE with the help of local agencies and Interpol. He was handed over to NIA at Jaipur airport.
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