Drunk passenger creates a ruckus in Indigo flight

A complaint has been registered in Kempegowda International Airport police station after a drunken man created ruckus in a flight coming from Chandigarh on May 20. The complainant, identified as Deepak Sharma, alleged that the inebriated passenger, identified as Suresh Kumar, picked up a quarrel with him when he tried to recline his seat backwards. Suresh had earlier misbehaved with a woman passenger and a woman crew member, he added.

The incident reportedly happened on the Chandigarh-Bengaluru Indigo Airlines flight (No. 6E 478) on Friday. In his Facebook post, Deepak alleged that when he took the unruly passenger to the KIA police station, the policemen reportedly tried to dissuade him from filing a complaint. He managed to register a complaint after a wait of three hours.

Deepak said: “Suresh was drunk and unruly, and tried to inappropriately touch a woman passenger. When she raised an alarm, the cabin crew came and helped her move to a different seat. He also misbehaved with a woman cabin crew.”

Deepak said he was allotted seat No. 1B, while Suresh was seated right behind him at 2B. “He picked up a fight with me after I reclined my seat. He first violently hit my seat from behind. When I checked he spoke rudely and threatened me. Some fellow passengers intervened tried to explain to him about the seats, and I too assumed that he was probably a first time air traveller. However, Kumar continued hitting my seat from behind.”

After alighting at KIA Deepak approached the ground staff of the airline security crew and with the help of CISF personnel took Suresh to Airport police station. The complainant alleged that Suresh even attempted to bribe the CISF personnel and a policeman.

When DC contacted KIA police, the officer in charge said, “A nuisance complaint was registered at the police station on May 20. The man was heavily drunk and it took time for us to carry out the probe as he was not in a condition to provide details and he even urinated. Upon checking, the police learnt that he was working overseas and returning to the city.”