No letter issued declaring ‘no-fly zone’ in Delhi, says Civil Aviation Ministry

The Ministry of Civil Aviation on Sunday said no letter has been issued declaring a no-fly zone in and around the national capital.

Clarifying the fake letter of the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), a civil aviation regulator, being circulated on social media, the ministry in a tweet said, “It has come to its notice that a fake letter by the DGCA declaring a no-fly zone in and around Delhi is circulating on WhatsApp.”

A fake letter on declaration of ‘no fly zone’ in & around Delhi by DGCA circulated in Whatsapp, has come to our notice. It is clarified that no such letter/ order is issued by any civil aviation authorities.

— Ministry of Civil Aviation (@MoCA_GoI) November 18, 2018

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“It is clarified that no such letter/ order is issued by any civil aviation authorities,” the ministry tweeted.

Detailed information about the fake letter are yet to be ascertained, it said.

(With inputs from agencies)