Brahmin who was served meat gets RM20,000

George Town, Penang: A staunch Brahmin Hindu, who was served a chicken pakoda on a Malaysia Airlines flight from Bangalore to Kuala Lumpur four years ago, was yesterday awarded RM20,000 in compensation by the magistrate’s court.
Magistrate M. Rajalingam said the award, including interest, was for aggravated damages to Arvind Sharma for injury to his feelings as well as depression, shock and mental anguish and stress coupled with humiliation, loss of pride and self-esteem.
Arvind, a cargo agent for delivery of Dell computers in India, had filed for general and special damages against MAS for serving him non-vegetarian food onboard flight MH193 on March 15, 2003.
Arvind claimed he threw up after eating the pakoda because it contained chicken.
He tasted something odd after swallowing a portion of the pakoda and immediately stopped eating it. He removed the balance from his mouth. He then asked his friend, Rohit Bathla, who was seated beside him, to taste the rest of the pakodas and it was confirmed to be chicken.
Arvind subsequently complained to the flight stewardess on board who apologised. A stewardess later filled-out a complaint form acknowledging chicken had been served to Arvind.
MAS, in its statement of defence, had refuted all charges made by Arvind.
09/06/07 The New Straits Times, Malaysia

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Categories: Foreign Jun 2007