A Jet Airways crew member, who became the second from the airline to smuggle gold, got involved in the illegal activity in order to pay the EMI for his newly purchased home in Dombivali. Deepak Indramani Pandey, the 24-year-old crew member, who hails from Banaras was caught at the Mumbai airport on Thursday, while he was to about clear gold for a passenger, who approached him when the flight was airborne. Pandey who has been working in Jet Airways for the past four years, claimed he got involved in gold smuggling for the first time since his employment with the airline.

The accused Deepak Indramani Pandey with the smuggled gold