Star footballer Odafa, 2 others accused of molesting airhostess

Mumbai: Players of the Churchill Brothers football team were detained at the airport police station in Mumbai Tuesday night after three of them were accused of molesting an airhostess on a Goa-Mumbai-Kolkata SpiceJet flight.
Among those who allegedly misbehaved with the airhostess was captain and star Nigerian striker Okolie Odafa, the highest-paid footballer in India and leading scorer in the national league for the last three years.
The identity of the other two players could not be confirmed.
Additional Commissioner of Police, West Region, Amitabh Gupta said they had received a complaint from airline staff after the team was offloaded after the alleged incident on the Goa-Mumbai leg of the flight. An FIR had been filed, Gupta said.
A SpiceJet spokesman said, “Some passengers misbehaved with and abused our crew on board flight SG 804. In the interest of the safety of the other passengers, our pilot took a decision to offload them in Mumbai during the scheduled transit. The matter is under investigation.”
Joaquim Alemao, co-owner of the Goa-based club, said his team had been detained unnecessarily. “Odafa was having an animated conversation with other players and his hand inadvertently touched a passing airhostess. He immediately apologized but the crew created a scene,” he said.
06/01/10 Indian Express

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