?Fake pilot scam?: DGCA official nabbed

An official of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), along with three others, has been arrested as the police delve deeper into the ?fake pilot scam?, media reports said on Saturday.

DGCA Assistant Director of licensing Pradeep Kumar, is the latest to be taken in over the racket which was coughed up dozens of pilots with aviation licenses procured through forged documents.

Delhi police said they have also arrested a pilot called, Pradeep Tyagi and two more people, bringing the total arrests to 10.

At least 14 pilots and several flying school instructors have already been grounded by the DGCA for obtaining commercial aviation licenses by filing fake documents and records, according to media reports.

The first arrest was made on March 8 when Indigo pilot Parminder Kaur Gulati was apprehended by the Delhi Police?s crime branch for using fake marks-sheet to procure her commercial licence.

Gulati had come under probe after her wrong landing techniques on several occasions caused damage to the air-craft, the latest being on January 11 when she made a rough landing at Goa airport.

Alarmed after expose of pilots procuring commercial licence using forged documents, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had earlier said it is now scrutinizing the records of all pilots.