Bhubaneswar: Odisha police have summoned former MP Baijayant 'Jay' Panda and his two friends for allegedly flying over the Chilika lake at a height less than 500ft causing threat to the sensitive ecosystem of the Ramsar site and breaching aviation rules.
Superintendent of police, Puri, Sarthak Sarangi said: "Based on the FIR lodged by the Chilika Development Authority (CDA), we have sought a report from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) about the chopper that flew over Chilika."
"The Airports Authority of India has said only one chopper that belonged to Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys (IMFA), the company owned by Panda's family, took off from Bhubaneswar airport on September 15. We have asked Panda and his friends to report before the police by 11am on Wednesday at the Puri Sadar police station," he said.
The police lodged an FIR following a complaint from the CDA with the Marine police station at Arakhakuda in Puri that the chopper had on Saturday violated air rules and flew at a height less than 500ft threatening fishermen in the Chilika lagoon.
Authorities of the Biju Patnaik International Airport had assigned a flight height of 500ft for the "R-44" type helicopter that Panda piloted.
19/09/18 Subhashish Mohanty and Lelin Mallick/Telegraph
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Superintendent of police, Puri, Sarthak Sarangi said: "Based on the FIR lodged by the Chilika Development Authority (CDA), we have sought a report from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) about the chopper that flew over Chilika."
"The Airports Authority of India has said only one chopper that belonged to Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys (IMFA), the company owned by Panda's family, took off from Bhubaneswar airport on September 15. We have asked Panda and his friends to report before the police by 11am on Wednesday at the Puri Sadar police station," he said.
The police lodged an FIR following a complaint from the CDA with the Marine police station at Arakhakuda in Puri that the chopper had on Saturday violated air rules and flew at a height less than 500ft threatening fishermen in the Chilika lagoon.
Authorities of the Biju Patnaik International Airport had assigned a flight height of 500ft for the "R-44" type helicopter that Panda piloted.
19/09/18 Subhashish Mohanty and Lelin Mallick/Telegraph
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