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Jet Airways air hostess held for smuggling Rs 3.2 crore in US dollars

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Nimrat Kaur
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Jet Airways air hostess held for smuggling Rs 3.2 crore in US dollars
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A Jet Airways air hostess was caught on a Delhi-Hong Kong flight smuggling $480,200 (valued at ₹3.25 crore) wrapped in aluminium foil. She had reportedly smuggled foreign currency on at least seven previous occasions before she was caught on Sunday late night on board. Investigators said she used to get 1% of the total money she laundered as commission. Deveshi Kulshreshtha (25) the airhostess, along with her agent Amit Malhotra (39) have been arrested. As per The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) the duo are part of a bigger international hawala syndicate. Kulshreshtha and Malhotra have been sent on a two-day judicial custody and directed the DRI to produce them before the concerned metropolitan magistrate on January 11. Jet Airways air hostess smuggled Rs 3.2 crore in US dollars wrapped in foil “Malhotra had a chat with her while she was serving the meal to him. They exchanged contact details and later met to discuss the plan. She made four-five domestic trips before going to Hong Kong. Before going there, she used to meet the supplier and collect the currency from him,” said a DRI official on condition of anonymity. “In August last year, she travelled for the first time with $50,000. Thereafter, she travelled with $1,00,000 and this was her eighth trip with the Hawala money. Another person used to come to the hotel in Hong Kong to collect the money. Malhotra, who runs a tour and travel business in east Delhi’s Vivek Vihar, has also been arrested,” said the DRI official. The DRI has raided Malhotra’s house in east Delhi and recovered ₹3.3 lakh in Indian currency and $2,500 along with other evidence. “Malhotra knew several businessmen and promised to convert their black money into white. Now, we have to work on the leads given by them and more arrests are likely to happen soon,” the officer added. Investigators also said that crew member was well trained in hiding money and used to wrap the currency bundles in aluminum foil, which the scanner at the airport was not able to detect easily. -PTC News-
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