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Former DGCA Senior Officer Booked by CBI in Corruption Case; Agency Probes Aircraft Leases, FTO Approval
The FIR alleges Gill steered aircraft deals and approvals for select flying schools, with Bluethroat Aero Global earning more than ₹2.16 crore in lease rentals.
- On Friday, August 21, 2026, the CBI registered a case against former DGCA official Captain Anil Gill for alleged abuse of official position and extending undue favors to select aviation training organizations.
- The investigation follows an August 17 complaint by Captain J.S. Dhillon, managing director at Global Avianautics Ltd, alleging a "systematic network of corporate entities" controlled by Gill's family members to secure undue aviation favors.
- Gill allegedly facilitated aircraft purchases through shell entities managed by relatives and leased them to favored flying training organizations at exorbitant rates; Redbird Aviation Academy received approvals within one month and three days, while competitors Skynex Aero and Jet Serve Aviation waited four to six months.
- The FIR said the facts "prima facie disclose the commission of cognisable offences" punishable under Sections 11 and 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, as amended in 2018, and Section 120B of the IPC.
- Investigators are probing "massive kickbacks" and suspicious financial transactions involving Sabres Corporate Solutions and Sandhills Aviation IFSC, which financed aircraft rented to flying training organizations regulated by the DGCA's former director of flying training.
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CBI books ex-DGCA flying training director, aviation firms for ‘corruption’, ‘favouritism’
The FIR has alleged that probe brought to light a “systematic network of corporate entities” controlled and managed by the immediate and extended family members of Captain Anil Gill
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CBI registers case against former DGCA Director Anil Gill and others in corruption case
According to a press release, the CBI registered a regular case on August 21 under Sections 11 and 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, as amended in 2018, and Section 120B of the IPC.
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