The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed a charge sheet against 16 people in connection with the 3,000-kg heroin seizure by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in Gujarat’s Mundra port last September.
Among those arraigned are 10 accused arrested in the case so far. They have been identified as Machavaram Sudhakar and his wife Durga Vaishali; Rajkumar Perumal; and Afghan nationals Mohammad Akhlaqi, Said Hussaini, Fardin Amery, Sobhan Aryanfar, Alokozai Khan and Murtaza Hakimi. The agency has also named Pradeep Kumar, a resident of Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.
