The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against a former official of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and several aviation-related companies for alleged abuse of official position, extending undue favours to select flying training organisations and suspicious aircraft transactions, officials said.
The case was registered on Friday (August 21, 2026) against Captain Gill, Bluethroat Aero Global, Redbird Aviation Academy Pvt Ltd, Sabres Corporate Solutions and Sandhills Aviation IFSC, besides unidentified public servants and private persons, the FIR said. It said the case followed a complaint received by the CBI’s Anti-Corruption Branch in Delhi on August 17. The complaint was based on a preliminary inquiry registered on April 7, 2025, on a complaint lodged by Captain J.S.
Dhillon, managing director at Global Avianautics Ltd, against Captain Gill, after obtaining requisite approval under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Suspicious financial transactions were also noted in respect of Sabres Corporate Solutions and Sandhills Aviation IFSC, which were involved in financing and mortgaging aircraft rented to flying training organisations under the regulatory purview of the DGCA director of flying training, the FIR alleged.
The FIR alleged that the probe brought to light a “systematic network of corporate entities” controlled and managed by the immediate and extended family members of Captain Anil Gill, then director of flying training at the DGCA. Two other companies, Sabres Corporate Solutions Pvt Ltd and Sandhills Aviation IFSC Pvt Ltd, were also allegedly incorporated with Captain Gill’s relatives as directors, the FIR said. The FIR alleged that Captain Gill, as director of flying training, “abused his official position” in collusion with directors and shareholders of Bluethroat Aero Global, Redbird Aviation Academy, Sabres Corporate Solutions and Sandhills Aviation IFSC and allegedly extended undue official favours to select flying training organisations, causing detriment and pecuniary loss to other similarly situated operators.
