Andhra MP allegedly slaps airport official for not allowing relative to board flight, case filed

Yet in an another domination of politicians at the airport misbehaviour, a YSR Congress MP from Andhra Pradesh slapped a station manager of Air India(AI) at Tirupati airport.

A case has been filed against Lok Sabha MP P Mithun Reddy as he went to the cabin of a AI manager at the airport Rajasekhar on Thursday afternoon and picked up an argument with him regarding boarding passes for his relatives for a flight.

Air India Official slapped by YSRCP MP
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“Since the boarding counter had closed for the 2:30 pm flight when the MP and his entourage reached the airport, the VVIP asked the station manager to accommodate him and his relatives on board. Expressing his inability to do so as boarding had closed, the employee apologized to the MP. The politician flew into a rage and slapped the station manager,” said a source.

“We are investigating the matter,” the SI told PTI.
Some passengers, who were to board the flight, had also complained to the MP that the manager had allegedly misbehaved with them, after which Reddy went to Rajasekhar’s cabin.
Mithun Reddy represents Rajampet constituency in Kadapa district of the state.

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