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‘Leaving me bloody’: Man alleges assault by Air India Express pilot at Delhi airport, airline reacts

‘Leaving me bloody’: Man alleges assault by Air India Express pilot at Delhi airport, airline reacts

A SpiceJet passenger at Delhi airport’s Terminal 1 on Friday alleged that an off-duty pilot of the Air India Express airlines physically assaulted him after an altercation over the latter cutting the security queue escalated. Reacting to the alleged incident, the airline later said that the pilot has been removed from his official duties. The man, under the name Ankit Dewan on X, said the scuffle broke out after he objected to the staff cutting the security check line at Delhi airport. (Photo for representation)(Reuters) The passenger, Ankit Dewan, detailed his account in a post on X as he accused Air India Express’s captain Virender Sejwal of ‘physically assaulting’ him. “Me and my family were guided to use the security check that the staff uses (also the PRM check), because we had a 4 month old baby in a stroller,” Dewan wrote on X. He added that staff, including Sejwal, was cutting queue ahead of him and when Dewan called them out, Sejwal confronted him. Also read: Delhi on orange alert for fog today, 400+ …