FIR against Air India ex-ED for stealing Jatin Das painting

An FIR has been registered against a former executive director of Air India for allegedly stealing a painting by renowned artist J at in D as which was part of the airline' s collection, the police said. The FIR follow san internal inquiry conducted by Air India, which found that former executive director (ED)Ro hit aJaidka removed the painting from Air India’ s possession between 2004 and 2009.“The airline approached the police and an FIR was registered on November 11 againstJaidka and other unidentified persons ,” the police said. The issue of the stolen painting came to light when D as, a Pad maBhu shana war dee, wrote to the airline in June claiming that one of his paintings had gone missing and was available in the open market. The letter prompted Air India to launch an internal probe. The horizontal oil painting is titled ‘FlyingApsara’. It was commissioned in 1991 by Air India.