Kerala gold smuggling: Diplomat involved, says accused; NIA gets case

MHA on Thursday ordered a probe by NIA into the Thiruvananthapuram airport gold smuggling case. Sarith Kumar, who was earlier local PRO in the consulate-general office, turned up to claim the cargo saying he was still with the consulate. The consulate, however, told Customs before this that Kumar had been removed as local PRO a year back and was not assigned for claiming the cargo.