Foreign currency worth Rs 25.18 lakh seized at Mangaluru International Airport
Mangaluru, Feb 9: Customs officials at the Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) have seized foreign currency notes worth Rs 25.18 lakh from the illegal possession of two passengers in the last two days.
The passengers were attempting to smuggle the foreign currency notes out of the country, a customs release here said on Wednesday.
US dollars 10,000 was seized from a passenger from Kasaragod in Kerala, who was attempting to smuggle it out by an Indigo flight to Sharjah.
In the other incident, a passenger from the city was attempting to carry 90,000 UAE dirhams in the form of currency notes in a bag. He was bound for Dubai by an Air India flight when he was arrested and the foreign currency confiscated.
These currencies were being carried illegally without any documents to prove their genuineness.
In both these cases, currency notes totally worth Rs 25.18 lakh were seized and cases were registered against them, the release said.
Officers of Mangaluru Customs seized foreign currencies worth USD 10,000 (equiv. to ₹7.40 lakhs) & 90,000 UAE Dirham (equiv. to ₹17.77 lakhs) on two smuggling attempted cases at MIA on 07.02.2022 & 08.02.2022 respectively. Offense cases registered. @cbic_india @blrcustoms pic.twitter.com/YyOzLtvmz6
— Customs-Mangaluru (@Cusmglr) February 8, 2022
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Delhi airport incident: AI Express issues show cause notice to pilot
External inquiry panel to be set up
New Delhi (PTI): Air India Express will set up an external committee next week to inquire into the incident of one of its off-duty captain assaulting a passenger at the Delhi airport on Friday, sources said.
Soon after the incident on Friday, the Tata Group-owned airline suspended the pilot and the sources told PTI that a show cause notice has also been served to him seeking an explanation.
The proceedings are being carried under the labour laws as a pilot comes under the workmen category. An external inquiry committee will set up next week to probe the incident, the sources said.
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The incident occurred at Terminal 1 (T1) of the Delhi airport on Friday.
The passenger Ankit Dewan, on Friday, shared his experience in a social media post, along with a photo showing blood on his face after the altercation. He also shared a photo of the pilot Virender Sejwal.
On Saturday, the civil aviation ministry said it has taken serious cognizance of the incident and directed the airline to ground the pilot with immediate effect.
"A formal enquiry has been ordered. Detailed reports have been sought from BCAS and CISF," the ministry had said in a post on X in a response to a post by Dewan.
In a statement on Friday, Air India Express said it is aware of an incident at the Delhi airport involving one of its employees, who was travelling as a passenger on another airline, and had an altercation with another passenger.
"We unequivocally condemn such behaviour. The employee concerned has been removed from official duties with immediate effect, pending investigation.
"Appropriate disciplinary action will be initiated based on the findings of the inquiry," the airline had said.
Air India Express officials had also contacted the passenger.
