more-inA senior Jet Airways official has been arrested from New Delhi on land grabbing charges, police said here. Avneet Singh Bedi, posted in Mumbai as Jet Airways’ chief security officer, was arrested on July 1 night from his Panchsheel Park residence in south Delhi based on a complaint by the Joint Municipal Commissioner (Ghaziabad) Arun Kumar Gupta. The complaint alleged that Mr. Bedi, a retired Army colonel, grabbed 945 square metres of government land in Chikamberpur village on the Delhi-U.P. On the directives of Chief Minster Yogi Adityanath, the administration has launched a drive to check land grabbing and is taking action against criminals, the officer said. A spokesperson of the airline said it “does not comment on personal matters of its executives/employees.”

Source: The Hindu July 02, 2017 10:30 UTC