Ex-Minister son, Pawan Dilawar, in fake pilot scam

The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau has named son of former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) minister Madan Dilawar in the ?fake? pilot scam.

A case has been registered against Pawan Dilawar, son of the former Social Justice Minister, and his three friends-, Ankur Garg, Sidharth Lochab and Rohan Saxena-for allegedly procuring commercial pilot licenses against fake documents.

Pawan and his friends allegedly tampered with flying hours with the help of former chief flying instructor of Rajasthan Flying School Mohinder Kumar, chief flying instructor of Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation Mahaveer Singh and Assistant GM, ATC, Sanganer Airport, Manoj Jain.

At least 17 pilots and several flying school instructors have already been grounded by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for obtaining commercial aviation licenses by filing fake documents and records.

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 DGCA had earlier said it is now scrutinizing the records of all pilots.