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Ravindra Gaikwad, the Lok Sabha MP accused of this unprecedented high-handedness, had taken flight AI 852 from Pune to Delhi to attend the ongoing Parliament session. (Source: Twitter)
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The Osmanabad MP had an open (undated) business class ticket and wanted to travel on this flight. His staff was told in advance that AI 852 was an all-economy flight. Since Gaikwad wanted to take this flight, he was allotted a front row seat, airline sources said. (Source: Twitter)
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3/12
Trouble broke out after the plane landed in Delhi at 9.35am, when all passengers embarked from the plane except the Shiv Sena MP. AI staffer Sukumar Raman, 60, who was beaten up, was among those trying to get Gaikwad off the plane. The Airbus A-320 was supposed to fly to Goa at 10.55am after cleaning and catering. (Source: Twitter)
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AI has filed two police complaints against the MP and is now mulling a no-fly list where unruly flyers like Gaikwad can be barred from getting on board. Delhi Police said it had received separate complaints from Air India and Sukumar Raman, the staffer who was beaten up, and would register FIRs after consulting legal experts. (Source: Twitter)
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"(I told him) 115 passengers were waiting to board the aircraft but he wanted the top management inside the aircraft. (On saying that's not possible) he became very abusive and used foul language... He started beating me and took out his slippers and started hitting me," Raman said in his written complaint to the airline. (Source: Twitter)
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