Hindu Mahasabha leader, 2 others misbehave with airhostess

A Hindu Mahasabha leader along with two other lawyers, who were allegedly in an inebriated state, have been arrested on charges of harassing the crew and passengers of a Chennai-bound flight before it was to take off from here last night.

A Hindu Mahasabha leader along with two other lawyers, who were allegedly in an inebriated state, have been arrested on charges of harassing the crew and passengers of a Chennai-bound flight before it was to take off from here last night.

They boarded an IndiGo flight at 10 pm last night. The trouble started before the plane took off when one of the three lawyers allegedly took photograph of an airhostess from his mobile phone which was objected to by the woman. (Reuters File Photo)

The three, Senthel Kumar, Raja, both from Perundurai, and Subhash Swaminathan from Trichy, who is vice president of Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha’s Tamil Nadu unit, were on Thursday remanded in judicial custody for 14 days by a court, according to police.

They boarded an IndiGo flight at 10 pm last night. The trouble started before the plane took off when one of the three lawyers allegedly took photograph of an airhostess from his mobile phone which was objected to by the woman.

Other passengers also protested against the behaviour and later the pilot stepped in and asked the accused to behave. After an argument, the passengers threatened to get down from the plane if the lawyers were not deboarded from the aircraft, they said.

The three accused were produced today in VI Judicial magistrate court which remanded them in judicial custody for 14 days.