A special court on Tuesday gave one month time to CBI to get sanction for prosecution of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security(BCAS) Assistant Director Rahul Rathore in a case involving journalist Upendra Rai.
In its application, the CBI said the request had been sent to the authority concerned. Mr. Rai is at present in judicial custody.
The court has posted the matter for hearing on September 25.
Air One Aviation Private Limited and its chief security officer Prasun Roy are also accused in the case.
At the time of Mr. Rai’s arrest, the agency had said that besides property papers and a valid Aerodrome Entry Permit (AEP), some confidential documents were also seized.
It was alleged that Mr. Rai had applied for AEP in January 2017, as a consultant of Air One, falsely showing himself as a permanent employee of the company.
Air One sponsored his name and forwarded the application to the BCAS, which in turn sent it to Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) without verification, the probe agency stated.
Accordingly, DIAL had issued a 90-day AEP granting Mr. Rai access to the Delhi airport. The pass was renewed twice, after which a permanent pass with validity till December 31, 2018, was granted, the investigating agency further said.
