HYDERABAD: The private aircraft owned by Apollo Hospital chairman, Prathap C Reddy, was allegedly damaged by unknown persons while being parked at the Begumpet airport.
Following a complaint by the hospital group’s chief security officer, Jagjeet Singh, the Begumpet police registered a case on Thursday and started investigation.
In the complaint, Singh stated that the aircraft was parked at the Begumpet airport for a period of 15 days. While police said the aircraft is registered as VT PCR, other details about it are yet to be confirmed.
“It was noticed that someone had deliberately damaged the aircraft. However, as the damaged items were under the Minimum Equipment List (MEL) — (list of aircraft equipment that can be inoperative while the aircraft is still safe to fly), the aircraft was used by the company officials to travel to Chennai. It was after reaching Chennai that they (company officials) found further damage to the engine and avionics (electronic equipment),” the complainant told Begumpet police.
‘Didn’t receive desired help from airport’The company officials travelled to Chennai from Begumpet on April 5. Following this, Apollo submitted a complaint with the airport director about the incident.
The chief security officer, Begumpet airport, was also informed about the incident.
In his complaint, Singh, however, alleged that Apollo did not receive the desired help from the airport officials to ascertain how the damage was done or the people involved in it. The complainant has now requested Begumpet cops to verify CCTV footage.
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