Pilot-passenger scuffle at IGIA: Police start scrutiny of CCTV footage, medical report confirms assault

According to him, he had a verbal altercation with accused Virender Sejwal — who was among the airline staff members cutting the queue — following which the pilot assaulted him. At the time of the incident, Sejwal was not on official duty and was travelling as a passenger with IndiGo to Bengaluru.

Sejwal alleged that Dewan verbally abused him without provocation and continued using “abusive, degrading and threatening language” even after being asked to stop.

The incident took place on December 19 when at IGI Terminal 1. The altercation allegedly started over the use of a staff security check area.

On Sunday, Sejwal claimed that the incident had been “misrepresented” on social media, “unfairly projecting it as a ‘pilot vs passenger’ dispute”. The altercation was a “purely personal matter between two passengers” and had “no connection whatsoever” with his professional responsibilities, the pilot had underlined in a statement issued by his lawyer on his behalf.