Did Prashant Kishor take a flight during lockdown? Centre asks airlines

On Thursday, Ministry of Home Affairs asked Ministry of Civil Aviation to find out

The central government has gone into a tizzy after a media publication reported that political analyst Prashant Kishor manged to fly from Delhi to Kolkata in a cargo flight during the lockdown.

The government hasn’t been able to find any evidence till now.

On Thursday, the Ministry of Home Affairs asked Civil Aviation ministry to find out details following which civil aviation regulator DGCA and aviation security agency BCAS began investigating the matter, people aware of the development said.

The report claimed that Kishor flew to Kolkata defying lockdown after being summoned by West Bengal CM. According to the report,