Lookout notices issued for three fake pilots, instructor

New Delhi: Delhi Police issued a lookout notice Monday against three pilots and a flying instructor for forging marksheets to procure pilot licences.
'We have issued notices against pilots Swaran Singh Talwar of MDLR, and Syed Habib Ali and Bhupinder Singh, who have licences but have not joined any airline. A lookout notice has also been issued against flying instructor D. Asatkar,' a senior police officer said.
The pilots had allegedly procured Airlines Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) using fake documents.
'The lookout notices are issued to prevent them from fleeing the country. All airports and ports have also been put on high alert,' the police officer added.
Police are conducting raids across the country to nab them, he added.
Delhi Police have so far arrested six people, including an official of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), for their involvement in the scam.
Pradeep Kumar, 48, an assistant director with airline regulator DGCA, Pradeep Tyagi, 35, the pilot who helped others to procure fake marksheets, and his two associates Pankaj Jain, 23, and Lalit Jain, 34, were arrested between March 22 and March 25 from Delhi and Chennai.
Pankaj Jain and Pradeep Kumar were arrested from the capital March 25, while Lalit Jain was arrested from Chennai March 24. Tyagi was picked up from Rohini, in Delhi, March 23.
During interrogation, Pradeep Kumar told police that he had processed files for around 60 licences in the past couple of years.
28/03/11 INAS/Sify

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Mar 2011, MDLR Mar 2011