A family of four was offloaded from an IndiGo flight at Mumbai airport on Tuesday, after one of them allegedly pushed a female crewmember when she didn't allow him to use the washroom since it was being cleaned.
The family also filed an FIR against one of the ground staff members of the airline, who they claimed forcefully held a female family member's hand.
Tina and Sunny John, their infant daughter Johana and mother-in-law Nitu had boarded IndiGo flight 6E 215 (Kochi-Ahmedabad via Mumbai) in Kochi.
Tina John, in her complaint, said, "Sunny (59), being a diabetes patient, wanted to use the washroom while other passengers were boarding the flight when it was stationed in Mumbai but he wasn't allowed to.
However, when Sunny saw the pilot using the washroom, he forced the crew to allow him in as well."
According to airline officials, the passenger pushed one of the female crewmembers after which the airline security decided to offload the family. It was then that they were asked to deboard the aircraft and one of the ground staffers handed over the baggage to the lady.
"The ground staff handed over someone else's bag to me and since I wanted to prove how they mishandle baggage I did not return it. It was then that the ground staff held my hand tight to snatch the bag," Tina said in her statement.
Airport officials, who were present at the spot, said the passengers weren't ready to deboard the aircraft, after which the airline staff sought help from Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel. All four of them were taken to Airport police station at the domestic terminal. There, the family complained against the ground staff member who had handed them the wrong baggage, and the police officials lodged an FIR under Section 354 (Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the IPC.
To Read the News in Full 15/01/16 Neha LM Tripathi/Mid Day/NDTV
The family also filed an FIR against one of the ground staff members of the airline, who they claimed forcefully held a female family member's hand.
Tina and Sunny John, their infant daughter Johana and mother-in-law Nitu had boarded IndiGo flight 6E 215 (Kochi-Ahmedabad via Mumbai) in Kochi.
Tina John, in her complaint, said, "Sunny (59), being a diabetes patient, wanted to use the washroom while other passengers were boarding the flight when it was stationed in Mumbai but he wasn't allowed to.
However, when Sunny saw the pilot using the washroom, he forced the crew to allow him in as well."
According to airline officials, the passenger pushed one of the female crewmembers after which the airline security decided to offload the family. It was then that they were asked to deboard the aircraft and one of the ground staffers handed over the baggage to the lady.
"The ground staff handed over someone else's bag to me and since I wanted to prove how they mishandle baggage I did not return it. It was then that the ground staff held my hand tight to snatch the bag," Tina said in her statement.
Airport officials, who were present at the spot, said the passengers weren't ready to deboard the aircraft, after which the airline staff sought help from Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel. All four of them were taken to Airport police station at the domestic terminal. There, the family complained against the ground staff member who had handed them the wrong baggage, and the police officials lodged an FIR under Section 354 (Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the IPC.
To Read the News in Full 15/01/16 Neha LM Tripathi/Mid Day/NDTV
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