Gold worth Rs 1.08 crore seized at MIA in February
Mangaluru, Mar 17: Customs officials at the Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) confiscated 1,913 gm of gold that was illegally transported from overseas countries to India from February 16 to 28.
The value of the confiscated gold is Rs 1.08 crore, a customs release said here on Friday. The gold was seized from the possession of six male passengers and a female passenger.
The gold was hidden in clothes, rectum and mouth by the passengers to avoid detection by Customs officials.
The gold was smuggled through different modus operandi such as concealment in paste form within a double layered shirt, inside rectum and by pasting under feet. One woman passenger had concealed gold in paste form inside the waistband of the trousers worn by her. Gold was also found concealed in the oral cavity of one male passenger.
Further investigation is in progress, the release said.
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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.
