Watch: TDP MP throws printer, pushes staffer at airport
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Domestic airlines have imposed a travel ban on Telugu Desam Party MP, J C Diwakar Reddy over accusation of misbehavior with the airport staff of a private airline.
A video footage that went viral showed a fuming Reddy throwing a printer on the floor, and pushing a staffer of IndiGo airlines at Vizag airport, Visakhapatnam, all because he was denied boarding as he reached late.
The visuals captured in the CCTV proved the MP’s flagrant act.
Reddy was scheduled to fly IndiGo's flight 6E-608, which departs from Visakhapatnam at 8.10 am, to Hyderabad. As he reached 28 minutes before the scheduled departure, the airlines denied boarding.
"The staff politely informed him that boarding for flight 6E-608 is closed and offered to accommodate Mr Reddy in the subsequent flight. Mr Reddy expressed his annoyance and soon raged against the staff using aggressive and abusive behaviour," IndiGo officials said.
In a similar incident in March, Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad was temporarily banned by airlines from flying after he assaulted an Air India staffer, prompting a major controversy.