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Two DGCA officials — M.J. Bhattacharya and Mohammed K. Ansari — have been arrested here for allegedly helping pilots procure commercial pilot licences.
The two were arrested by the crime branch of Delhi Police on Tuesday. They were arrested for alleging helping pilots Mr Hiren Nagar and Mr Abhishek Kaushik procure commercial pilot licences, Ashok Chand, DCP (crime), told PTI.
With this, a total of three DGCA staffers have been arrested. A total of 13 people including pilots have arrested in connection with the case.
Mr Nagar and a tout Mr Eknath Patil were arrested from Ahmedabad by a team of Delhi Police’s Crime Branch on Monday.
Mr Kaushik had allegedly obtained the licence by producing forged marksheets to DGCA. The arrests came following investigations into a complaint filed by DGCA.
The pilots had allegedly procured commercial pilot licences using fake documents.
“One has to clear three subjects — Aviation Meteorology, Radio Aids and Instruments and Air Navigation — to get ATPL, mandatory for becoming a Commander of a plane. However, these pilots failed in one or the other paper,” Mr Chand said.
During investigations, it came to light that Mr Kaushik had come in contact with Mr Nagar as both of them had undergone flying school training at a flying school based in Madhya Pradesh.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is scrutinising the licences of 3,000-4,000 pilots in the wake of fake pilot scam.
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