Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau arrests two pilots for fake licences

Jaipur: The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday arrested two SpiceJet pilots for “fraudulently obtaining commercial pilot licences (CPL) from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)”.
Three JetLite and Jet Airways pilots would soon be arrested on same charges. The agency had earlier arrested Rahul Yadav who had flown 1,000 hours for Indian Airlines.
DGCA recently suspended licences of seven pilots and two flying school instructors — including Nidhi Vashishtha, Rahul Yadav, Malini MR, Priya Sharma, Rakesh Mehta, Pallavi Hemant, Shaheed Maliq, Mahaveer Singh Beniwal and Mohindar Kumar — in this connection.
IG, ACB, Umesh Mishra said SpiceJet’s captain Anuj Kumar Chaudhary and co-pilot Amit Mundra —both working in Delhi — were arrested in Jaipur on Monday.
ASP Bhupendra Yadav, investigating officer, said police have issued notices to JetLite and Jet Airways seeking details of three other pilots including Rajesh Mirani, Nitin Jain and Sanjeev Gupta.
22/03/11 Nitesh Kumar Sharma/Times of India