Vijay Mallya in airport row.

The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) on Friday began a probe on whether liquor baron and Kingfisher Airline chief, Vijay Mallya violated security rules by skipping mandatory security checks at the IGI airport in Delhi.

But the airline maintained that no security procedure was violated as Vijay Mallya had gone through the required screening process at the Hindon Air Force Base, the point of origin for his flight, and got transferred to another aircraft at the IGI airport which was permitted under the current guidelines.

The UB Group head, who is also the chairman of Kingfisher Airlines, had arrived on his corporate jet, a 22-seater Airbus319 to attend a function in Ghaziabad. He flew down to the airbase, located near Ghaziabad on a helicopter and returned on the same chopper that landed on the tarmac. He is reported to have boarded his private jet directly skipping the checks.

Vijay Mallya was in a hurry to reach Mumbai to watch a match of his IPL team Royal Challengers. Kingfisher spokesman asserted that there was absolutely no violation of any security guideline and has undergone the prescribed security screening process.