MUMBAI, June 10: In a major quality assurance breach allegation involving India's frontline combat aircraft programme, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has filed a cheating and forgery complaint against a Hyderabad-based aerospace supplier over the alleged submission of 199 forged test reports linked to components supplied for the Light Combat Aircraft HAL Tejas Mk1A.
According to the complaint lodged by HAL's Aircraft Division, the PSU aerospace major has accused Tec Aero Devices and its CEO, M. Sivarama Prasad, of criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery under Sections 420, 465 and 468 of the Indian Penal Code.
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