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Gold smuggling case: NIA officials to visit UAE

Stepping up its probe into the gold smuggling case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) will send its officials to the United Arab Emirates after obtaining special permission owing to COVID-19. Scheduled international passenger flights have been suspended in India since March 25 due to the pandemic, but flights to the UAE were recently allowed under …
 

Stepping up its probe into the gold smuggling case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) will send its officials to the United Arab Emirates after obtaining special permission owing to COVID-19.

Scheduled international passenger flights have been suspended in India since March 25 due to the pandemic, but flights to the UAE were recently allowed under travel bubble agreement.

The agency suspects that the gold smuggling case could be linked to terrorism financing.