Delhi police hunt for two Mumbai touts in fake pilot case

Mumbai: The Delhi police team is camping in Mumbai to probe the fake pilot license scam and has questioned the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) officials in Mumbai. They are also looking out on two touts — Deepak and Tyagi who are known to have helped the Air India (AI) commander JK Verma to get his Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL) with forged papers.
The fake pilot license scam that started with the arrest of pilots in Rajasthan and Delhi has now found its way to Mumbai. Since the last two days the Delhi crime branch officials are in the city to trace the touts who made this possible. “While questioning Verma he gave us names of two touts from Mumbai with whom he was regularly in touch,” says a Delhi police official on conditions of anonymity. “He told us that the touts were recommended to him by his co-pilots for smooth facilitation of his ATPL. We have also questioned DGCA officials in the exam department in the past two days,” says the official.
24/03/11 Naveeta Singh/Daily News & Analysis