UJJAIN: Lokayukta police on Saturday registered a case against former DGP Arun Gurtu, five IAS officers and 10 others for alleged irregularities in allotment and maintenance of the airstrip in Ujjain .

“After receiving a complaint, Lokayukta police conducted a preliminary investigation, following which a case under Section 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act and 120B of IPC was registered on Saturday against five officers who served as district collectors between 2006 and 2019, three executive engineers of the time and eight directors of Yash Airways,” Lokayukta DGP Anil Kumar said.

However, Gurtu has denied any wrongdoing. In 2006, Datana airstrip in Ujjain was given on a monthly lease of Rs 1.5 lakh to Yash Airways Limited under 25 conditions for seven years. The company allegedly deposited the lease amount only for the first year.

The complaint says the firm discontinued work in 2013 and it remained closed till 2016. The then district collector sent a Rs 2.66-crore proposal for renovation to the state government, which was sanctioned. The collector didn’t cancel the contract with Yash Airways before giving the proposal to the government, thus causing financial losses to the exchequer, says the complaint.