Nine others, including Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nishikant Dubey, his two sons, MP Manoj Tiwari and Deoghar airport director, were booked for allegedly entering the Air Traffic Control (ATC) room at Deoghar airport without permission and officials were arrested on 31 A case was registered for pressurizing for takeoff on Aug. Despite the fact that there is no night take-off or landing facility. Deoghar Police Jharkhand An FIR has been registered against them and an FIR was lodged at Kunda police station on 1st September on the complaint of security in-charge Suman Anand, who said that the said persons had committed all the offenses by entering the ATC room and forcing the officials to sanction. Safety standards were violated. take-off, news agency ANI The report said.
The report said that the security in-charge demanded action against the pilot of the chartered plane, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, Kanishk Kant Dubey, Mahikant Dubey, MP Manoj Tiwari, Mukesh Pathak, Devta Pandey, Pintu Tiwari and Sandeep Dhingra, airport director. Is. , According to the complaint lodged by the security in-charge, “nine people Nishikant Dubey, Kanishk Kant Dubey, Mahikant Dubey, Manoj Tiwari, MP Kapil Mishra, Sheshadri Dubey Sunil Tiwari and others had come to Deoghar by chartered plane at 1 am. the afternoon of August 31. During his return in the evening, others including Dubey forcibly entered the ATC room.”
According to the complaint letter, at around 17:25, the passengers reached the airport to board their chartered aircraft. There were other people with him who had come to see him off. The security in-charge has further stated in his letter that Deoghar airport does not have IFR facility i.e. night takeoff and landing facility is not available. The local sunset time on 31 August was 18.03 hrs… Air services are to be operated till 17.30 hrs. ANI The report said.
“When I went to the ATC control room and saw that the airport director Sandeep Dhingra and the pilot of the chartered plane were already present in the control room. The sunset time on August 31st was 18:03 am and this could be the reason. The chartered aircraft was refused clearance for takeoff by ATC,” the complaint reads.
“The mentioned pilot was persuading airport director Sandeep Dhingra and ATC staff for clearance, stating that the passengers were to return on that day itself. ATC staff were communicating on mobile for takeoff clearance,” the statement said. ” The security in-charge has mentioned that he was shocked and worried due to the presence of passengers in the ATC room and such action is a violation of airport security norms.
“The security in-charge further observed that the pilot and passengers were pressuring that they might be cleared for takeoff. As a result, ATC clearance was granted. After that, the passenger and pilot came out of the ATC control room, on board the chartered aircraft. Walked towards, boarded it. After that the plane took off,” the complaint letter added.
Meanwhile, the Deoghar Deputy Commissioner explained the entire matter in a letter to the Principal Secretary, Cabinet-Coordination (Civil Aviation), Jharkhand. “BJP MP Nishikant Dubey along with others is entering ATC at Deoghar airport without permission and pressurizing officials for takeoff clearance on August 31. In view of this security protocol breach, it may be noted that necessary action may be taken to avoid such incidents. Future. It is also requested that the incident may be reported to AAI, DGCA, BCAS, General Secretary, Lok Sabha and Ministry of Defence,” the commissioner said. BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey, Manoj Tiwari went to meet the family members of the girl from Dumka , which was set on fire by a hunter.
Additionally, the incident has also triggered a Twitter war between Deoghar Deputy Commissioner Manjunath Bhajantri and Nishikant Dubey. Manjunath claimed that the CCTV footage showed that on August 31, apart from the passengers, several others had entered the STC building in violation of the security norms. The airport authority has directed the airport director to make necessary arrangements for night landing, night take-off as these are not yet operational at the airport.
Hitting back at Manjunath’s tweet, Nishikant Dubey asked him how he checked the CCTV footage going inside the airport. “It’s the style of a criminal who forcibly breaks the security cordon without permission. In what capacity did you enter the airport? Who allowed you to watch the CCTV?” They said. To this Manjunath said, ‘I had entered the airport terminal with a valid entry pass. DC is also a member on the Board of Directors of Deoghar Airport.
He asked who authorized Nishikant Dubey to enter the ATC room. Nishikant Dubey said that as the chairman of the airport advisory committee, he has the right to inspect and also took necessary permission from the airport authorities. Nishikant Dubey tweeted on Friday midnight, “I am fighting a case in the High Court for your delay in facilitating night landing. You are in contempt of court.”
(with inputs from ANI)
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