Fake pilot scam: Karnal Flying Club under scanner

The ACB has already arrested Mahendra Singh Beniwal,the chief flying instructor of the Hisar Flying Club,for having facilitated the issuance of fake flying hour certificates to pilots under training at the Rajasthan State Flying Club.

A fake pilot trained at the Rajasthan State Flying School,Jaipur,who claimed to have flown cross country from Hisar to Jaipur were found to have allegedly paid for the flying hour certificates. When the ACB cross-checked the entries,it was discovered that the aircraft shown to have been used by this student was undergoing repairs.

Beniwal had,according to sources,countersigned some of these fake certificates issued by the Jaipur school.

The involvement of the Karnal Flying Club in another similar case has emerged. We will be moving ahead with further investigations in Haryana, added Ajit Singh.

Meanwhile,following investigations by the ACB,the Haryana government,too,has launched its own inquiry into the possibility of more such cases being unearthed in Haryana.

A three-member committee headed by junior pilot Kapil Khatana has been constituted to look at the log books maintained in these clubs. The committee will go through every record of flight,fuel consumption and certificates issued. The committee has been directed to complete its inquiry within a fortnight. We should have a report from them before the end of this month, said A K Singh,Adviser,Civil Aviation,Haryana.