Jet Airways vice-president for security arrested for alleged land grab

Ghaziabad Police arrested him in Delhi after a case was registered at Sahibabad police station

The Ghaziabad police early on Sunday arrested a Jet Airways official in connection with a land grabbing case.

"The arrested official has been identified as Avneet Singh Bedi," Superintendent of Police (City) Ghaziabad Aakash Tomar said.

"Singh was arrested at 12.35 am from his Panchsheel Park residence in south Delhi," the police said.

According to a Times of India report, Bedi is vice-president for security at Jet Airways. 

The police action comes in the wake of a case of land grabbing registered against Singh at Sahibabad police station on June 21 by the Municipal Corporation of Ghaziabad.

A police team will question Singh sometime during the day, the officer said.

According to the police, Singh told them that he was stationed in Mumbai and headed Jet Airways' security functions.

His credentials were being verified.