Son of veteran Bollywood playback singer Udit Narayan and a singer himself, Aditya Narayan was caught on camera misbehaving with the staff of an airline at Raipur airport, Chattisgarh. Narayan who is also a reality show judge was to board his flight to Mumbai.
According to media reports, the problem started when Aditya Narayan was told by the IndiGo staff that he had excessive baggage and will have to make an additional payment of Rs 13,000.
At the time of check-in at the airport he was asked to pay for extra baggage weighing 40 kg, which led to a heated argument between him and IndiGo ground staff, the airline said in a statement.
In the video that is going viral, Narayan is seen behaving rudely and threatening the staff. He is seen saying "Agar teri Chaddi nahi utaari na, tho mera naam Aditya Narayan nahi hai."
The airline said that Narayan also used "unparliamentary" language while arguing with a woman staff member.
"Aditya Narayan, travelling with a group of 5 people, was carrying excess baggage of 40 kg. The amount to be paid for the carriage of excess baggage came to Rs 13,000," said the IndiGo statement.
"He refused to pay this amount to the female check-in staff member and said that he will not pay more than Rs 10,000 for the excess baggage and also used unparliamentary language with the female staff member," it said.
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The airline added that the singer used "abusive words" against its duty manager.
However, Narayan was later issued a boarding pass after he apologised to the ground staff. The airline did not say whether he paid the excess baggage fee or not.
"We at IndiGo can at no point compromise the dignity of our staff members or passengers," the airline statement said.
IndiGo allows passengers to carry check-in baggage weighing up to 15 kg free of cost. A maximum of seven kg per person is allowed as cabin baggage.
Over and above the weight limit laid down by the airline, customers have to pay Rs 300 per kg as excess baggage, according to the IndiGo website.
Aditya Narayan, 30, son of veteran Bollywood singer Udit Narayan, started his career by singing for 'Rangeela' in 1995. He has sung more than 100 songs as a child artist and later hosted the reality show 'Sa Re Ga MA Pa Lil Champs' and 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge' in 2009.
Narayan's popularity rose when recently he lent his voice to two hits songs from Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Ram Leela' - 'Tattad Tattad' and 'Ishqaun Dhishqyaun'.
The Centre had released regulations for the much-awaited ‘no-fly list’ that would incorporate names of passengers declared ‘unruly’ by any airline and names of persons identified as a threat.
The draft of Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR) on “Handling of unruly or disruptive passengers”, unruly passengers is categorised on three levels. Firstly, three months for disruptive behaviour such as physical gestures, secondly, six months for physically abusive behaviour such as pushing, kicking and sexual harassment and lastly, two years or more for life-threatening behaviour, including damage to aircraft systems. For every subsequent offence, the passenger may be banned for twice the period of the previous ban, the guidelines stated.
In April, Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad beat up an Air India staffer with his slippers. After the incident, all domestic airlines had barred Gaikwad from flying. However, the ban was later revoked when he submitted an apology to the civil aviation minister. Minister of state for civil aviation Jayant Sinha had earlier said, “India will be the first country in the world to have a national no-fly list based on safety.”
(with inputs from PTI)