Zakia Wardak: She is the highest ranking official. But as money is bitter to whom.. she became a smuggler for money. She thought that she would be happy in a salaried job. Smuggling 25 kg of gold at the same time while obstructing the authority was caught by the customs officials. The incident at the Mumbai airport shocked the officials.
What happened..
The Consulate General of Afghanistan in India, Zakia Wardhak, has been caught in a smuggling case. She recently came from Dubai and tried to smuggle 25 kg of gold worth Rs 18.6 crore to India. The officials of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence who stopped her did thorough checks. In this order, the case of smuggling was revealed. This incident took place at Mumbai Airport on April 25 and came to light.
With solid information..
Mumbai airport personnel were deployed by the authorities after getting information that Wardhak was smuggling gold. On April 25, along with his son, he reached Mumbai from Dubai by Emirates flight. After landing the plane, they came out of the airport through the green channel. Being a diplomat, she was exempted from inspections. But DRI officials stopped her at the airport exit. When questioned about the smuggling allegations, she denied them.
Guttu Rattu with inspections..
So the officers took Wardhak to a room with the female staff and checked. 25 gold bars were found in her jacket, pants, knee cap and belt. Officials said that each bar weighs up to 1 kg. No gold was found with her son. Officials seized the gold as proper documents were not submitted.
Case registered..
Later, a case was registered on this incident. Usually in such smuggling cases the suspects are arrested immediately. However, officials revealed that Wardhak was not detained as she had diplomatic protection. Wardhak refused to respond to this. He stated that he is not in Mumbai and will respond when he comes.
