Mumbai, Apr 24: JNU students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar today claimed that a BJP supporter, who is also an employee of the IT firm Tata Consultancy Sservices, or TCS, tried to strangle him on a Jet Airways flight. A man was detained by the police later at Mumbai airport, reported news agency.
The student leader was on way to Pune this morning to address an event in the city. His tweets read:
Yet again, this time inside the aircraft, a man tries to strangulate me.
— Kanhaiya Kumar (@kanhaiyajnusu) April 24, 2016
Manas Deka, works in TCS, a strong BJP supporter assaulted me inside the aircraft. Is assault the only tool you have, to fight dissent?
— Kanhaiya Kumar (@kanhaiyajnusu) April 24, 2016
In a series of tweets, Mr Kumar also said the Jet Airways staff refused to take any action against the man after the incident.
After the incident @jetairways staff completely refuses to take any action against the man who assaulted me.
— Kanhaiya Kumar (@kanhaiyajnusu) April 24, 2016
Basically @jetairways sees no difference between someone who assaults nd d person who is assaulted. They will deplane you, if you complain.
— Kanhaiya Kumar (@kanhaiyajnusu) April 24, 2016
The carrier, Jet Airways, later said some passengers on board this morning's flight Mumbai to Pune were off loaded at Mumbai airport in interest of operational safety.
"At Jet Airways, the safety and security of our guests and crew is always of prime importance," a communique from the airline said.
Attempts have been made to attack Kanhaiya Kumar -- who is associated with a group affiliated to CPI -- earlier too, the party had claimed. Last month, CPI secretary D Sudhakar said two men on bikes had tried to attack him while he was returning from the University of Hyderabad.
Attacks on Mr Kumar had started since his arrest in February on sedition charges for organising an event at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University to mark the anniversary of the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, where anti-India slogans were raised.
He, along with a group of teachers from JNU, students and reporters, were attacked by a group of lawyers inside the premises of a Delhi court.
His arrest and the subsequent attacks had triggered a fierce national debate on whether the government was trying to crush dissent and free speech.
Comments
Kannika, if someone pays for your ticket for a pleasure trip or anything like that to US, would you mind....as long as it does not go from your pocket right...similarly he doesn't pay for it....now you mind your own business...
BJP has always tried to suppress people's ideas and thinking and want to initiate and dictate their own bloody thinking on us, its too dangerous....God willing they cant do it at all....and now RSS should mind its own business...
jetairways pls don't take action . the man who assaulted kanhaiya is our hero! We need more like him.
If BJP s smart, they will bring jetairways passengers and crew to narrate actual story of Kanhaiya Kumar and expose him big time.
Fascism is at high peak in Ind.Kanhaiya Kumar attacked inside JetAirways flt.R these so called politicians are not ashamed of this incident.
Is this Kanhaiya being assaulted aboard JetAirways? Seems to be enjoying the thought of publicity to follow!
Why do u blindly believe Kanhaiya .Why don't u hear other side. Both guy's were pushing each other. Even jetairways is Sanghi
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Shame @jetairways, you can't distinguish between assailant and victim of an attack!...
he was a scholarship student studying free of cost, and now a days he started to travel from plane also, yeh kya masla hei.
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