Sukumar Raman

Shiv Sena parliamentarian Ravindra Gaikwad, who has been banned by Air India and other airlines after he assaulted an airline manager last week, has defended himself in a statement saying "whatever happened was a reaction to actions". Sukumar Raman, the Air India official he thrashed, had made "insulting comments against Prime Minister Narendra Mod...

Ravindra Gaikwad, Shiv Sena MP, has in the last 24 hours proved to be a giant embarrassment for his party. Or so you would think. After he thrashed an Air India manager on a plane - he pleasured in detailing "I hit him 25 times with my slipper" and demanded that the 60-year-old, who he nearly pushed off the ladder used to disembark the plane, shoul...

The Air India official assaulted by Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad today described his worst experience in nearly five decades in the national airline. "He was sitting with his legs crossed. He picked up his slipper and started hitting me," 60-year-old duty manager Sukumar Raman.

An association of airlines has decided that Ravindra Gaikwad, a Shiv Sena MP who assaulted a staff member of Air India, will not be allowed on flights "with immediate effect," a statement said. News agency PTI also reported that Air India has canceled the MP's ticket to fly today from Delhi to Pune.

Shiv Sena parliamentarian Ravindra Gaikwad, who has been banned by Air India and other airlines after he assaulted an airline manager last week, has defended himself in a statement saying "whatever happened was a reaction to actions". Sukumar Raman, the Air India official he thrashed, had made "insulting comments against Prime Minister Narendra Mod...

Ravindra Gaikwad, Shiv Sena MP, has in the last 24 hours proved to be a giant embarrassment for his party. Or so you would think. After he thrashed an Air India manager on a plane - he pleasured in detailing "I hit him 25 times with my slipper" and demanded that the 60-year-old, who he nearly pushed off the ladder used to disembark the plane, shoul...

The Air India official assaulted by Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad today described his worst experience in nearly five decades in the national airline. "He was sitting with his legs crossed. He picked up his slipper and started hitting me," 60-year-old duty manager Sukumar Raman.

An association of airlines has decided that Ravindra Gaikwad, a Shiv Sena MP who assaulted a staff member of Air India, will not be allowed on flights "with immediate effect," a statement said. News agency PTI also reported that Air India has canceled the MP's ticket to fly today from Delhi to Pune.