Archive · 2 Sep 2025
CBI Investigates Airport Frauds: Gold Export and Fund Embezzlement
Imagine two big problems at airports.
First, a manager named Rahul Vijay at Dehradun airport is accused of stealing about 232 crore rupees!
He changed computer records to make it look like there was more money than there was.
The second problem is about gold.
Some people at Chennai Airport are suspected of cheating by pretending to send real gold out of the country, but they were actually sending fake stuff and keeping the money.
The government is now investigating both of these things to find out where the money went and who was involved.
CBI is investigating two major financial frauds at airports.
An AAI Senior Manager, Rahul Vijay, is accused of embezzling approximately Rs 232 crore.
Vijay allegedly manipulated financial records at Dehradun Airport from 2019-2023.
A separate investigation involves a Rs 1,000 crore gold export fraud at Chennai Airport.
The gold export fraud allegedly involved Customs officials and jewellery traders.
- Who
- Rahul Vijay, AAI Senior Manager, and multiple Customs officials and traders.
- What
- Alleged embezzlement of Rs 232 crore and a gold export fraud of over Rs 1,000 crore.
- When
- Rahul Vijay: 2019-2023, Gold Export Fraud: 2020-2022.
- Where
- Dehradun and Chennai Airports, with searches at multiple locations.
- Why
- Vijay allegedly manipulated records, and gold exporters allegedly misused trade schemes for financial gain.
- Fraud 1: AAI Manager
- Rs 232 crore embezzlement
- Suspect (Fraud 1)
- Rahul Vijay, AAI Senior Manager
- Fraud 1 Location
- Dehradun Airport
- Timeframe (Fraud 1)
- 2019-2023
- Fraud 2: Gold Export
- Rs 1,000 crore fraud
- Fraud 2: Location
- Chennai Airport Cargo
- Suspects (Fraud 2)
- Customs officials, traders
