New Delhi, April 12: The fake pilots scam has got bigger with airline regulator DGCA forwarding the names of three more persons who procured commercial flying licences allegedly on the basis of forged documents to Delhi Police which launched its probe into the matter today.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) forwarded the names of three more pilots who procured the Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) after the airline regulator found that they have produced forged marksheets to get it.
“We have received three more names from DGCA regarding the use of fake marksheets to get CPL. We are investigating it. Some pilots are absconding. We are on the job,” Ashok Chand, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime), said.
Police had on April five arrested two DGCA staffers for allegedly helping people to obtain pilot licences using forged documents, taking the total number of arrests in such cases to 13.
–Agencies