Wing Commander Syal was 34 years old and belonged to Patiyalkar village in Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh. His father, Jagarnath Syal, earlier served in the Indian Army’s Medical Corps.
Vishal had recently gone to Dubai via an agent named Sameer from Kashipur. He faced discrimination by Pakistani co-workers living with him. They told him that since India had stopped Pakistan’s water, he too would be denied water.
DGP Rao insisted that he had no connection to his daughter Ranya Rao’s gold smuggling activities. However, he has also been investigated in the past in Hawala case.
Several prominent names from Pakistan surfaced during the investigation including the children of President Asif Ali Zardari, Hussain Nawaz Sharif, wife of Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, Sharjeel Memon and his family, Senator Faisal Vawda, Farah Gogi, Sher Afzal Marwat, and several Members of the National and Provincial Assemblies. The list also included names of late Gen Pervez Musharraf, former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, numerous retired generals, a police chief, an ambassador, and a scientist.
Bombay HC directed journalist Waahiid Ali Khan to take down videos alleging that Dubai-based gold-trader Khanjan Thakkar is involved in Mahadev App case