Aviation regulator DGCA will take up the issue — of the recent alleged suicide by the wife of a Kingfisher technician and the hardship faced by employees and their families on account of lack of payment of salaries for several months — with the cash-strapped airline, top DGCA sources said late on Saturday evening. The DGCA is also discussing the mater internally. The aviation regulator had, on Friday, issued a show cause notice to the airline asking why its operating permit should not be suspended or cancelled.
Even though there is no specific rule currently for cancellation of an airline’s licence in case of lack of timely payment of salaries to staff, top DGCA sources said the rules provide for suspension or cancellation of licence in case of any sudden change in the financial situation of an airline. The DGCA had on Friday given Kingfisher 15 days to send its reply to the showcause notice.
Meanwhile, a rattled Kingfisher top brass is understood to have told employees on Saturday that it was “pained” at the delay in payment of salaries and that it wanted to resolve this “painful issue”.
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Ex-BSP mantri booked for rape, abduction
AGE CORRESPONDENT
Lucknow, Oct. 6
A case of abduction and rape has been lodged against a former BSP minister, Avadh Pal Singh Yadav and four of his family members in Aliganj area in Etah district.
Avadh Pal Singh Yadav, the former animal husbandry minister in the BSP regime, has been charged with abducting and raping a woman on June 4 and again on September 19 and 20.
According to reports reaching here, the victim had lodged a complaint with the State Women Commission that directed the Senior Superintendent of Police, Etah, to probe the allegations and submit his report before October 3.
The girl, in her complaint, had alleged that the former minister and his son Ranjit exploited her while she was working at Avadh Pal’s house as domestic maid. She claimed Ranjit had also clicked her objectionable pictures and accused Avadh Pal’s brother MLC Chandra Pratap Singh of assaulting her and using casteist words. Avadh Pal Singh Yadav was sacked by the then chief minister Mayawati in 2011 when he was indicted in cases of crime and corruption by the UP Lokayukta.