Show cause notice to pilot in airport assault case, FIR filed

AIR India Express has issued a show-cause notice to its suspended pilot, Virender Sejwal, over the recent incident at Delhi airport's Terminal 1, where he allegedly abused and assaulted a passenger of a SpiceJet flight. The victim, Ankit Dewan, has registered a complaint with the police on Monday.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ New Delhi

Deputy Commissioner of Police (IGI Airport) Vichitra Veer said, "A complaint was received on Monday through email from Ankit Dewan. An FIR has been registered under appropriate sections of law and the investigation will be taken up."

A source in Air India Express said, "We have issued a show-cause notice to Flight Commander Sejwal, giving him a time period of 48 hours to respond." He stressed, "The notice is in connection with the misconduct only. Our pilot was not on duty at that time and was travelling from Delhi to Bengaluru to operate a flight from there when he allegedly assaulted a SpiceJet passenger."