Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has dismissed IPS officer Manoj Malaviya's petition seeking relief in a 2010 case where he was charged with corruption and possession of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
The high court decision paves the way for the Central Bureau of Investigation to prosecute Malaviya, who as additional commissioner of the Bureau of Civil Aviation allegedly vacationed in 28 international destinations with his family by pulling favours from various quarters.
Malaviya, a 1986 batch IPS officer who was on deputation with the civil aviation ministry, allegedly used his influence with domestic and international carriers, airport operators, travel portals and various other private companies in the aviation sector.
His various trips over 2009 and 2010 to destinations in the US, Europe and Asian countries - all on business class tickets -- would have normally cost over Rs 1 crore. At today's rates, just tickets to all the 28 cities Malaviya visited cost more than Rs 2.5 crore. But a subsequent CBI investigation showed he had paid a grand sum of Rs 1 lakh for the trips.
Read news in full 16/09/13 Bipin Kumar Singh/Mumbai Mirror
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