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An off-duty Air India Express aviator allegedly assaulted a rider astatine the Delhi airdrome connected Friday (December 19, 2025) and the hose has suspended him pending investigation, according to sources.
The rider shared his acquisition successful a societal media station on with a photograph showing humor connected his look aft the altercation. He besides shared a photograph of the pilot.
In a statement, the hose said it is alert of the incidental astatine the Delhi airdrome involving 1 of its employees, who was travelling arsenic a rider connected different airline, and had an altercation with different passenger.
"We unequivocally condemn specified behaviour. The worker acrophobic has been removed from authoritative duties with contiguous effect, pending investigation. Appropriate disciplinary enactment volition beryllium initiated based connected the findings of the inquiry," the hose said.
The passenger, Ankit Dewan, said Air India Express skipper Virender Sejwal allegedly assaulted him physically astatine Terminal 1 (T1) of the Delhi airdrome and his seven-year-old daughter, who saw the assault, is inactive traumatised and scared.
According to Dewan, helium and his household were guided to usage the information cheque that the unit uses due to the fact that they had a four-month-old babe successful a stroller.
"The unit was cutting the queue up of me. On calling them out, Capt. Virender, who himself was doing the aforesaid thing, asked maine if I was anpadh (uneducated), and couldn't work the signs that said this introduction was for staff," helium said successful a station connected X.
Dewan said a verbal scuffle broke retired and the aviator physically assaulted him, leaving him bloody.
While the actions taken by the authorities aft the incidental could not beryllium ascertained, the rider claimed that helium was forced to constitute a missive stating that helium would not prosecute this substance further.
"It was either constitute that letter, oregon miss my formation and propulsion the 1.2 lakhs vacation bookings down the drain. @DelhiPolice, wherefore can't I record a ailment aft coming back? Must I sacrifice my wealth too, to question justice? Will the CCTV footage vanish successful the 2 days till I marque it backmost to Delhi?" helium said successful the post.
The sources said the alleged incidental happened adjacent the information country astatine Terminal 1 of the airport.
The off-duty aviator aboriginal boarded an IndiGo formation to Bengaluru, the sources said.
