MUMBAI : Acting on a look out circular (LoC), the immigration authority on Saturday stopped former Jet Airway chairman Naresh Goyal and his wife Anita at the Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International airport. The couple were travelling to London in an Emirates flight.
“Naresh and his wife Anita Goyal travelling to London on EK 507 were restricted from leaving the country,” confirmed a senior executive at the Mumbai airport.
“The aircraft had reached taxiway when it was recalled and they were taken into custody by Immigration officers,” he added.
The cash-strapped Jet Airways, which stopped all operations on April 17 due to financial distress, is being probed by multiple agencies including the corporate affairs ministry and the income-tax department for alleged irregularities.
The Enforcement Directorate, is probing the airline’s sale of 50.1% of its loyalty rewards programme Jet Privilege Pvt Ltd. to Etihad Senior executives of the beleaguered airlines were recently questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with foreign investment in the airlines loyalty programme.
The Mumbai regional office of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) had recently submitted a report concluding that a detailed investigation is required into alleged irregular transactions by the airline. The oversight committee of the MCA is yet to finalise on if the probe should be carried by its investigation wing, the the SFIO or handed over to a senior officer in MCA.
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