Following a series of complaints, the city police have arrested the directors of Dehradun-based All India Institute of Aeronautics in Vasant Vihar on Saturday.
The Police stated that out of five accused, two have been arrested and the hunt is on to arrest other fugitives. In a Press conference held on Saturday, SP (City) Jagdish Chandra said that more than one dozen students had lodged complaint after they were given receipt of Rs 70,000 against the deposit of Rs 4 lakh each on the account of the institute directors. The complainants alleged that students has also deposited between Rs 16 and 17 lakh after they were given assurance that their training would begin in Philippines.
A case has been registered against director Jeetander Kumar Chauhan son of Shyam lal, Manoj Kumar son of Nawab Singh, Shyam lal son of Mathia Ram, Roopendra Chauhan son of Shyam lal and Sapna Bhandari.
A team of cops was immediately sent to the institute and Manoj Kumar and Shyam lal have been arrested. The city police claimed that the hunt is on for the absconding accused and they will try their level best to arrest them. Cases have been lodged against the accused under Sections 420, 467, 468 and other relevant Sections of the IPC.