Thiruvananthapuram, from 2015 onwards. The incident that led to the initiation of the proceedings had taken place on 11.04.2019 in the early hours. At that time he was on duty. Going by the records, that day two passengers, who had arrived by Air India flight from Abu Dhabi, were carrying smuggled gold. The precise allegation against the detenu is that, as a staffer of the AISATS, he facilitated the smooth transport of the gold, nearly 5.6 kgs, from two passengers by name Kannan and Ibrahim Mansoor. According to the respondents, the modus operandi was like this: The detenu had connection with various gangs of smugglers. He had prior knowledge about the passage of the above two passengers, by Air India Flight IX 538, who had landed in the International Airport that day. As per the understanding, intimations were given to the detenu over whatsapp, even by way of sending the photographs of the carriers. Accordingly, the detenu made preparations for receiving smuggled gold at the ferry bus, that was intended to transport passengers from the aircraft to the arrival hall and, inside the ferry bus, smuggled gold carried by both the passengers were clandestinely obtained by the detenu and kept in the secret pockets of his pants. On the basis of intelligence report, the trap was arranged