Air India flyer: The Air India flyer, who allegedly urinated on a woman co-passenger, while being drunk on a flight from New York to Delhi, was arrested in Bengaluru on Saturday. Hours before the arrest, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri had tweeted about the incident on Friday. His reaction was to a tweet by a journalist, who wondered what the media’s reaction would have been had the Air India passenger been a Muslim. He also wondered what would have been the media reaction if ‘his name was a Khan’, instead of ‘a Mishra’.
‘Think and reflect‘
Reacting to the remark, Vivek, who directed one of the highest-grossing films of last year, The Kashmir Files, tweeted, “The law is same for everyone. Be it Arfa or Rajdeep. It’s the media (vulture media, according to you) which discriminates. I am sure if it was a Khan, you would have called him a victim by now. Please think and reflect.”
The original tweet read, “So drunk businessman found urinating on co-passenger in flight is one Shekhar Mishra: what if his name was a Khan? Guess who would be doing cartwheels of outrage on prime time and social media? A Mishra or a Khan, law must be same for all as should response. Agree?”
Mumbai-based Sanjay Mishra is accused of urinating on an elderly passenger in a New York-Delhi flight on November 26. The woman expressed anger against the man and reportedly also accused the Air India staff approach as ‘deeply unprofessional’ to her complaint.
Shankar Mishra arrested
Meanwhile, Bengaluru police along with Delhi police arrested the accused, Shankar Mishra, from Sanjay Nagar area from his sister’s residence in Bangaluru. The arrest comes a day after he was sacked by his California-based employer Wells Fargo.
Social media is abuzz with the Air India case with people expressing outrage against Mishra. A similar incident was reported on another recent flight of Air India.
On Friday, the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) had issued a notice to the Delhi Police over alleged harassment and misconduct by passengers. As per reports, the panel has also sought a report by January 10 as to what action has been taken against the airline for negligence in the matter.
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