THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Rashid Khamis Al Ashmiya, the attache at UAE consulate in Thiruvananthapuram, has reportedly left the country. Sources said that the attache returned from Thiruvananthapuram to UAE via Delhi two days back.

It was reported that the investigation agency was mulling to seek the central government's permission to question the attache in connection with the Thiruvananthapuram gold smuggling case. It must be noted that the cargo that contained smuggled gold was addressed to the attache. The officials had also discovered that the attache was in constant touch with the accused in the case.