Passenger behaves in unruly manner onboard Air India flight; handed over to Delhi airport security
New Delhi, Jun 28 (PTI): A male passenger onboard an Air India flight from Amritsar to the national capital on Saturday behaved in an unruly manner, engaged in verbal altercation with a co-passenger and was handed over to the airport security after landing at the Delhi airport.
The incident happened in flight AI454.
"During cabin preparations for landing, a member of our cabin crew noticed a passenger standing in the aisle, engaged in a verbal altercation with another passenger.
"The second passenger reported to the crew that the individual was being abusive," the airline said in a statement.
According to Air India, the cabin crew immediately de-escalated the situation by relocating the second passenger to a business class seat for the duration of the landing.
The second passenger made a complaint, following which the pilot-in-command notified the airline's security team on the ground about the situation.
The security team was present when the flight landed at the Delhi airport.
"The disruptive passenger was handed over to the airport security for further investigation," Air India said and added that it will fully cooperate with the relevant authorities.
3. He was seen showing his slippers towards a female Air India staff when the plane was about to land.
— Shrey Banerjee (@banerjee_shrey) June 28, 2025
All of this happened when the seat belt signs were on and the plane was rapidly descending towards landing at Delhi Airport, endangering passenger and aircraft safety.
2. The drunk passenger (in the blue tshirt) began misbehaving with a passenger seated right in front of me, who was then forced to shift to a seat in the business class because of the harassment.
— Shrey Banerjee (@banerjee_shrey) June 28, 2025
After this, an Air India staff was also harassed by the passenger.
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Remarks against St Francis Xavier: Right-wing speaker Gautam Khattar gets bail
Panaji (PTI): A court in Goa on Saturday granted bail to right-wing speaker Gautam Khattar, who was arrested after he allegedly made derogatory comments against St Francis Xavier.
Judicial Magistrate First Class, Vasco, granted regular bail to Khattar, currently admitted to Goa Medical College and Hospital at Bambolim for treatment of chest pain after he was shifted from the District Hospital in Mapusa two days back.
A row erupted after a video of remarks by Khattar, the founder of Sanatan Mahasangh, at an event on April 18 in the presence of Swami Brahmeshanand, State Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho and BJP MLAs Sankulp Amonkar and Daji (Krishna) Salkar, went viral.
St Francis Xavier is revered as the patron saint of Goa.
The controversial remarks led to the Vasco Police registering an FIR against Khattar on charges of hurting religious sentiments and creating enmity between groups.
He was detained in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, by local police. His custody was later handed over to the Goa Crime Branch, according to officials.
