An Indian airline said Friday it had cancelled a booking by a Hindu nationalist lawmaker who repeatedly hit an Air India steward with his sandal in a row over which seat to take. Ravindra Gaikwad has admitted to hitting the 60-year-old employee of the national carrier 25 times because he was denied a business class … Read more
An Indian MP has admitted hitting a flight attendant 25 times with his slipper during a row after he was given a seat in economy class. Ravindra Gaikwad, 56, who represents the Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena party, claimed the Air India employee insulted him on a flight from Pune to New Delhi. An unrepentant Mr … Read more
An Indian MP beat an airline employee repeatedly with a slipper after being unable to get a business class seat on an Air India flight. Ravindra Gaikwad later told Indian reporters he had “hit him 25 times with my sandal” for “arrogance”. The MP had been told he could not fly business class because it … Read more
An Indian politician brazenly admitted on Thursday that he hit a steward on an Air India flight 25 times with his slipper during a row over a seat. Ravindra Gaikwad, an MP in India’s lower house for the Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena party, claimed that the attendant had insulted him first on the Pune to … Read more