New Delhi/Anand Tiwari. Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor’s personal secretary Shiv Prasad was detained from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport on Wednesday. He arrived at IGI airport late in the evening. The customs team stopped him for investigation on the green channel. During the investigation, gold is said to have been recovered from his possession. It is alleged that he has not been able to give any account of this gold.
According to sources, Shiv Prasad reached Terminal 3 of IGI Airport late in the evening. Since this flight falls in a sensitive sector, the customs officials were keeping an eye on all the passengers coming on this flight. The customs were trying to check all the passengers coming on this flight.
He said that during this exercise, Shiv Prasad was stopped at the green channel of customs. During the investigation, illegally smuggled gold was recovered from his possession. According to customs sources, the gold recovered from Shiv Prasad’s possession has been confiscated under Section 110 of the Customs Act. The investigation of the case is still going on.
FIRST PUBLISHED : May 29, 2024, 23:10 IST