A day after an FIR was filed against him and eight others, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Saturday denied allegations of ‘forcefully’ obtaining clearance from officials to take off from Jharkhand’s Deoghar airport on the night of August 31 despite the airport not having night take-off or landing facilities. Dubey said he had taken permission from airport authorities for his chartered flight to take off, and alleged that Deoghar’s Deputy Commissioner Manjunath Bhajantri had “deliberately” filed a case against him.
“We had taken permission from the airport authorities. Does the government work on the instructions of an MP? The airport is under the Airport Authority of India, Air Traffic Control clearance is monitored by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation,
