Barred from flying, Sena MP takes train to Mumbai

March 24, 2017 20:40

Barred from flying, Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad who assaulted Air India official, took a train to Mumbai this evening.

Earlier, Air India and four other airlines barred from taking their flight. Air India and IndiGo even cancelled his return ticket to Pune from Delhi.

Earlier, the Delhi Police registered an FIR against Gaikwad for assaulting an Air India staffer and transferred the case to its Crime Branch.

A case has been registered under sections 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), 355 (assault or criminal force with intent to dishonour person) of IPC, said Dependra Pathak, Delhi Police's chief spokesperson and special commissioner (operations).

"We are transferring the case to Crime Branch for a thorough probe," he said.

Gaikwad, the Lok Sabha MP from Maharashtra's Osmanabad seat, slapped and hit 60-year-old duty manager R Sukumar "25 times" with his sandal when the official persuaded him to disembark after the plane landed at the IGI airport here from Pune.

The MP refused to alight, holding up the aircraft for over 40 minutes yesterday.

Two complaints were received in this regard- one from Air India and the other from Sukumar.

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