New Delhi: It wasn't just a slap with a sandal as Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad bragged, but apparently a full-fledged assault on the Air India staffer on Flight AI 852.
An 80-second video of the incident which has emerged on social media shows Gaikwad assaulting Air India staffer Shivkumar even as crew members are heard pleading with him to stop.Also Read: Yes, He Tore My Shirt and Broke My Glasses: AI Staffer on Sena MP
CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Sena MP bullying AI staff; Gaikwad is seen shoving and abusing staff as they try to convince him to get off the plane. pic.twitter.com/fNYPxx3jFW? News18 (@CNNnews18) March 24, 2017
After he was restrained a stewardess tries to appeal to his better sense: "You are our representative, sir, you have worked hard to reach this place. We have elected you. Why are you doing like this." Gaikwad obviously was in no mood to calm down.
The victim Sukumar has accused the MP of assaulting him and breaking his glasses and an FIR has been filed in the case. The MP himself has publicly bragged about hitting him with a sandal.
This is not the first time the Sena MP from Osmanabad had been accused of getting on the wrong side of law. My Neta, the portal which provides criminal and financial background information on candidates, lists nearly a dozen charges, from culpable homicide to rioting to criminal intimidation that have been filed against him.
While the Shiv Sena has distanced itself from the act and ruling ally BJP has condemned it, Opposition leaders have demanded that he should be removed from Parliament.
"Parliament should raise the issue. Beating up a person does not fall under parliamentary privileges," said Congress leader Manish Tewari.
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