Mumbai: The Sahar police on Tuesday arrested three flyers, including two brothers from Thane, for allegedly manhandling and assaulting two immigration officials at the international airport.
The accused—brothers Amit (30) and Deepak Sawant (27) and Rajesh Killa (45) from Gujarat—were among the passengers protesting near the Air India (AI) counter after their Mumbai-Delhi flight was delayed on Tuesday morning.
" The accused said they were annoyed because there was no proper information about the reason for delay. When the immigration officials intervened to stop the protest, the three men, along with other AI passengers, pushed and assaulted them," said a police officer. "Hemant Badhe was manhandled when he intervened and tried to stop the flyers for mistreating and assaulting his colleague Mukeshkumar Jain." Deputy commissioner of police (zone VIII) Virendra Mishra said a case has been registered in this regard.
Badhe refused to speak to TOI on Wednesday.
The immigration officials, according to the police, became scapegoats as the AI officials, with whom the flyers were arguing, didn't come forward with a complaint.
07/07/16 Narayan Namboodiri/Times of India
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The accused—brothers Amit (30) and Deepak Sawant (27) and Rajesh Killa (45) from Gujarat—were among the passengers protesting near the Air India (AI) counter after their Mumbai-Delhi flight was delayed on Tuesday morning.
" The accused said they were annoyed because there was no proper information about the reason for delay. When the immigration officials intervened to stop the protest, the three men, along with other AI passengers, pushed and assaulted them," said a police officer. "Hemant Badhe was manhandled when he intervened and tried to stop the flyers for mistreating and assaulting his colleague Mukeshkumar Jain." Deputy commissioner of police (zone VIII) Virendra Mishra said a case has been registered in this regard.
Badhe refused to speak to TOI on Wednesday.
The immigration officials, according to the police, became scapegoats as the AI officials, with whom the flyers were arguing, didn't come forward with a complaint.
07/07/16 Narayan Namboodiri/Times of India
