Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's PA arrested from Delhi airport in gold smuggling case
New Delhi. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's PA was arrested by Customs from Delhi's Indira Gandhi Airport on charges of gold smuggling. Tharoor's PA Shiv Kumar was taking over gold brought from abroad by one of his acquaintances at the airport, its value is around 30 lakh rupees. When Customs Department questioned Shiv Kumar about this gold, he was unable to give any concrete information, after which he and the person from whom he was taking the gold were arrested. Meanwhile, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor expressed surprise over this whole matter and distanced himself from it.
While I am in Dharamshala for campaigning purposes, I was shocked to hear of an incident involving a former member of my staff who has been rendering part-time service to me in terms of airport facilitation assistance. He is a 72 year old retiree undergoing frequent dialysis and…
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) May 30, 2024
Reacting to the matter, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that while I was in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh in connection with the election campaign, I was shocked to hear about an incident involving a former member of my staff who was providing me part-time service in the matter of Delhi airport facility assistance. He is a 72-year-old retired person who has frequent dialysis and was kept on part-time basis on compassionate grounds. I do not condone any alleged wrongdoing and fully support the efforts of the authorities to take any action necessary to investigate this matter. The law should do its job.
On the basis of suspicion, officers of Customs at IGI Airport, New Delhi have booked a case of smuggling of gold against an Indian national who arrived at IGI Airport from Bangkok by flight TG-323 on 29/05/2024: Custom statement on Shashi Tharoor assistant pic.twitter.com/nXQwLWiTJj
— IANS (@ians_india) May 30, 2024
Earlier, giving information in this case, the Customs Department said that on the basis of suspicion, Customs officials from Delhi's IGI Airport detained two Indian citizens in the case of gold smuggling, later arrested. One of these gold smugglers had arrived at New Delhi International Airport from Bangkok by flight number TG-323.
