<p>The arrested pilot has been identified as Sourabh Prakash Lokhande (29). He was apprehended yesterday, Ashok Chand, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime), said.<br /><br />The airline regulator had earlier forwarded his name to Delhi Police's Crime Branch which claimed that the duo had submitted forged marksheets for obtaining the Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL).<br /><br />With this, Delhi Police have arrested 12 pilots, three DGCA officials, three middleman and two forgers. Jaipur Police had also earlier arrested two fake pilots.<br /><br />Lokhande told police that he appeared in three pilot license examinations conducted by the DGCA but did not get through.</p>.<p>In 2008, he got CPL from Philippines, but failed to convert it in CPL (India) as he could not pass in the exams.<br /><br />Later, Eknath Patil, a middleman, allegedly told him that if Rs 3.1 lakh was paid to him he could arrange a result showing that he passed in all papers, Chand said.<br /><br />After the money was paid, forged result of April 2006 along with other documents were submitted to DGCA on June 27, 2008, based on which a CPL was issued the next month.</p>
<p>The arrested pilot has been identified as Sourabh Prakash Lokhande (29). He was apprehended yesterday, Ashok Chand, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime), said.<br /><br />The airline regulator had earlier forwarded his name to Delhi Police's Crime Branch which claimed that the duo had submitted forged marksheets for obtaining the Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL).<br /><br />With this, Delhi Police have arrested 12 pilots, three DGCA officials, three middleman and two forgers. Jaipur Police had also earlier arrested two fake pilots.<br /><br />Lokhande told police that he appeared in three pilot license examinations conducted by the DGCA but did not get through.</p>.<p>In 2008, he got CPL from Philippines, but failed to convert it in CPL (India) as he could not pass in the exams.<br /><br />Later, Eknath Patil, a middleman, allegedly told him that if Rs 3.1 lakh was paid to him he could arrange a result showing that he passed in all papers, Chand said.<br /><br />After the money was paid, forged result of April 2006 along with other documents were submitted to DGCA on June 27, 2008, based on which a CPL was issued the next month.</p>