The CBI on Thursday registered a case against senior officials of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and a Delhi-based company for alleged irregularities in the grant of approval to a flying training school in Madhya Pradesh.
Following registration of the case, the agency conducted searches at the residential and official premises of the accused persons Mumbai, Delhi and Faridabad.
Those accused in the case include the then Joint Director General (JDG) AK Sharan of the DGCA, a retired senior pilot, a former airport controller of Airports Authority of India at Bilaspur (presently DGM, AAI) and a Delhi based private company.The accused persons have been booked for offences including criminal conspiracy and relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
“Officials of DGCA and AAI in conspiracy with said private company (AME Training company) have misused their official position in grant of approval to said private company for starting a flying training school at Bilaspur. This act was followed by repeated extensions being given to the institute in violation of rules & provisions,” the CBI said in a statement.
Officials said incriminating documents were recovered during the searches and they are being scrutinised. Following analysis of the seized material, the accused persons will be summoned for questioning.