New Delhi, April 5 -- A wanted accused in the National Investigation Agency (NIA)'s gold smuggling case, facing an Interpol Red Notice, was repatriated from Saudi Arabia in an operation coordinated by the Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI), officials said on Thursday.
The Global Operations Centre of the CBI has coordinated via Interpol channels with the National Central Bureau-Riyadh for the return of Shokat Ali to Mumbai from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday night, the CBI spokesperson said.
Ali was wanted by the NIA in a gold smuggling case registered in 2020 related to the seizure of smuggled gold bars at Jaipur International Airport, Rajasthan.
"During investigation it had been found that accused Shokat Ali had conspired with his co-accus...