NIA likely to chargesheet more in gold smuggling case
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Agency may bring up charges against them in supplementary chargesheet
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Agency may bring up charges against them in supplementary chargesheet
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is likely to chargesheet more persons, including Faizal Fareed, in the diplomatic channel gold smuggling case.
Faizal Fareed, whom the agency believes is the kingpin of smuggling operations, is not among the 20 accused it had chargesheeted but has been included in the list of other accused who have not been chargesheeted. The efforts of the agency to extradite Faizal Fareed have not succeeded so far.
Accused formed terrorist gang to smuggle gold, says NIA
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Agency chargesheet in Special Court names 20 accused
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Agency chargesheet in Special Court names 20 accused
The accused in the diplomatic channel gold smuggling case formed a terrorist gang, recruited people, raised funds and smuggled gold from the UAE through import cargo addressed to the diplomats at the Consulate General of UAE, Thiruvananthapuram, according to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
The NIA has raised the allegations of formation of the terrorist gang against the accused in a chargesheet filed at the NIA Special Court, Kochi, recently.
The accused had knowingly conspired with each other since June 2019 to become the members of the gang and facilitated the smuggling of around 167 kg of gold to India between 2019 and June 20202, it said.