Air India staffer assault case: Sena MP Gaikwad to meet Uddhav Thackeray

Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad who attacked Air India staffer with slipper will meet Party’s acting president Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday. Gaikwad has also been asked to be present in front of a Panel constituted by Shiva Sena which will probe into the matter.

The panel will take the decision whether to suspend Gaikwad for assaulting AI Staffer or not as the party is under pressure from all around.

Earlier, on Friday Gaikwad left for Maharashtra by train after Air India, along with four other private airlines banned him from flying on their aircraft.

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Gaikwad who took August Kranti Rajdhani Express left his seat in Gujarat’s Wapi station and went to his village, Usmanabad.

Meanwhile, an FIR has been registered against him on the basis of the complaint lodged by Air India for repeatedly hitting with sandals 62-year-old duty manager R Sukumar on a Pune-Delhi flight after it landed in Delhi on Thursday over not being able to fly business class despite having boarded an all-economy flight. 

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