Air India cancels Ravindra Gaikwad's ticket again
The flight was scheduled for Wednesday morning.
The move was made after the MP had recently allegedly assaulted one of the Air India staffer.
“Our stand remains the same. We have cancelled his ticket for the flight scheduled for departure at 8 a.m. from the Mumbai airport,” Air India spokesperson was quoted as saying by The Hindu.
Last week, Gaikwad allegedly thrashed an Air India staffer with his slipper after he was upset over being forced to travel in economy class from Pune to Delhi.
The MP refused to disembark the plane even after it landed Delhi airport and demanded that the Air India CMD meet him to explain the point.
When a senior AI staffer, who was trying to persuade him, got involved in altercation with Gaikwad, the MP took off his slipper and to his own admission, "hit him 25 times."
The incident triggered a furore prompting Air India and six private airliners imposing a ban on Gaikwad.
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