Air India pilot arrested in capital for forging papers

New Delhi: An Air India pilot has been arrested in the capital for allegedly using forged marksheets to procure a licence from country’s airline regulator, the second such incident in the past four days.
Captain J K Verma was apprehended here late last night after following investigations into a complaint filed by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) which claimed that some of the pilots had forged marksheets to get licence.
“We have arrested Verma. Investigations are on. We have been provided more names by the DGCA. The scanner is on two more pilots Meenakshi Sehgal of Indigo and Swaran Singh Talwar of MDLR,” a senior police official said. Verma is in his 40s.
Verma allegedly forged marksheets of Pilot License Examination for obtaining the licence.
The official said Sehgal, a resident of North Delhi, and Talwar, a resident of Jaipur, were absconding.