Two months after Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad assaulted a 62-year-old Air India employee, the party on Tuesday maintained that no action would be taken against him. Air India approached the media saying that I quarrelled for a seat and beat up their staff,” Gaikwad told HT. On March 23, Gaikwad, who boarded an Air India flight from Pune to New Delhi with a business class ticket, was peeved as the flight was an all-economy one. Following the incident, senior Shiv Sena leaders said that Gaikwad would be presented before a three-member disciplinary committee. The only action against Gaikwad apparently came in the form of an alleged dressing down from Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray.

Source: Hindustan Times May 23, 2017 18:56 UTC