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Air India denies shooter Manu Bhaker's allegations of harassment
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SME Times News Bureau | 22 Feb, 2021
Two days after 19-year-old shooter Manu Bhaker demanded action against
Air India officials at the capital's IGI Airport for alleged harassment
and seeking of bribes, the national carrier has denied the allegations
against its employees.
In a statement on Sunday, the airline said
that CCTV footage nullifies the claims of Bhaker over alleged seeking
of bribes and snatching of her mobile phone.
"Our employee Manoj
Gupta was at the counter throughout and had, at no point, communicated
directly with Bhaker. This is also corroborated by the CCTV footage.
Hence, the allegation of misbehaviour by him simply does not arise," it
said.
On Friday, the Olympic quota place winner pistol ace
evening alleged that she was harassed by Air India officials at the
Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) while she was trying to board a
flight from Delhi to Bhopal.
The 19-year-old Haryana shooter,
who was carrying two weapons and ammunition on her way to Bhopal
Shooting Academy, was later allowed to board the flight.
Claiming
that the document for exemption shown by the shooter was not valid as
it was signed only by the Assistant Secretary of the National Rifle
Association, Air India said: "The moment she furnished the required
document to the Air India check-in and security personnel, her baggage,
including the arms were accepted for carriage."
The statement
said that the airline was only following the protocol regarding a
sensitive activity like the carriage of arms on board.
It further
claimed "zero tolerance" for any kind of misdemeanour or arbitrary
demand from its employees, like the ones alleged by sportsperson.
"Only the legitimate documents were asked for, contrary to the allegations made," it said.
After
being stopped at the Indira Gandhi Airport on Friday, Bhaker tweeted
her 'problem', tagging Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju and Civil Aviation
Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, besides others. Apparently, after Rijiju's
intervention she eventually boarded the AI 437 flight.
Manu
tweeted five times on Friday, starting at 8.17 p.m., and the last one
was posted at 8.57 p.m., after she was cleared to board the flight. She
thanked the Sports Minister in her last tweet.
In another tweet
on Saturday, she again said that the AI employee Manoj Gupta did not
listen to the DGCA official who issued the permit and on his
instructions the Air India security person snatched her phone and
deleted the picture clicked by her mother.
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