‘‘Gundagardi’, the officer must be held accountable, ’ said the political parties in Jammu and Kashmir, condemning the assault on employees of a SpiceJet airline by an Army officer at Srinagar International Airport last week.
"This is gundagardi!! This incident took place at Srinagar Airport, where an Army officer was seen brutally assaulting SpiceJet staff member(s), leaving them with serious injuries. It is highly condemnable & shameful. The officer must be held accountable," National Conference spokesperson Sarah Hayat Shah wrote in a post on X.
PDP leader Iltija Mufti also spoke on the incident, calling it a ‘murderous assault’.
"How dare this Army officer launch a murderous assault on employees at Srinagar airport simply for refusing excess cabin luggage? His demonic rage left one of the victims with a spinal fracture. @ChinarcorpsIA @adgpi, Please take immediate action to set an example," she said in a post on X.
Meanwhile, SpiceJet on Sunday informed that a senior Army officer, who was to board a flight to Delhi, assaulted four airline ground staffers at the Srinagar airport on July 26, leaving one of them with a spinal fracture.
The local police have registered an FIR into the matter, and the airline has initiated the process to place the passenger on the no-fly list in accordance with civil aviation regulations, said SpiceJet, adding that the assault took place after the passenger was told to pay for the extra cabin baggage.
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