Mumbai: Air India engineer arrested for smuggling gold worth Rs 44 lakh
Officials intercepted the Air India senior engineer while he was exiting Aerobridge after attending to AI 331.
The air intelligence unit of Air India arrested one of its senior superintendent service engineers for trying to smuggle gold bars from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivagi International Airport.
According to the air intelligence unit, the Air India engineer Janardan Gunaji Kondvilkar was arrested on the night of Tuesday and Wednesday. He was on his way to hand over the gold to an accomplice.
"Janardan Gunaji Kondvilkar was arrested on the intervening night of November 14-15 after receiving specific intelligence input. He was exiting the Aerobridge after attending to AI 331 when officials intercepted him. During the search, the customs officials recovered 8 cut gold pieces from his possession," the air intelligence unit said.The recovered gold weighing 1,649 grams is worth Rs 44.2 lakh.
During the interrogation, Kondvilkar disclosed that one Jagdish Rawal was waiting outside the Mumbai Airport to receive the gold. Rawal was later intercepted from the airport premises.