The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will “scrupulously” carry out a thorough background check of newly appointed CEO and MD of Air India, Ilker Ayci, a Turkish national, official sources said on Sunday.
The Tata Group, which acquired the Air India from the government, had recently announced Ayci’s appointment as the CEO and MD of the loss-making airlines.
The Home Ministry “scrupulously” carries out a thorough background check of all foreign nationals when they are appointed in the key positions of any Indian company, the sources said.
It will be the same process for the newly appointed CEO and MD too, they said.
However, the MHA has not yet received any communication on Ayci from either the Tata group or the Civil Aviation Ministry, the nodal ministry.
