Parking fray leads to pilot's arrest

Jet Airways pilot and brother booked for allegedly assaulting CISF jawan who told them to move their vehicle from crowded terminal gate

Amid the hectic activity at the airport, a Jet Airways pilot, Zahir Abbas Killegar, and his brother Tauseef, were booked by the Sahar police for allegedly attacking a CISF guard on duty, after he pulled them up for parking near a crowded terminal.



Around 12.15 am, on Wednesday night, both brothers were heading towards departure terminal A to catch their flight to Canada for a personal trip, when they had a skirmish with the jawan.
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"Both the pilot and his brother got in a scuffle with the CISF jawan, after he asked them not to park their vehicle near the terminal," said Dilip Patil, senior inspector at Sahar police station.

However, the airport staff revealed a different story. "The terminal was overcrowded with vehicles. This irritated the jawan on duty and he asked people to move their vehicles.

The brothers, who had already stopped the vehicle in front of the terminal's gate, refused to comply, saying that he should ask others to move first.

Killegar told him that he is a pilot and knows the laws at the airport. This infuriated the jawan who picked up a brawl with them. Soon other jawans gathered and called the police," said an airport staff.

"There was no major fight between the two parties. It was a war of words where neither the parties were ready to give up," added the staffer.
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Senior Commandant, CISF, Jitender Negi, he said, "All the details have been provided to Sahar police station. You should ask them."

The brothers, who reside in Agripada, were booked under Sections 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant), 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the IPC. They were later granted bail by an Andheri court on a bond of Rs 15,000 each.

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A Jet Airways spokesperson said, "None of our operating crews were involved in any such incident. It's a personal thing. So we don't want to comment."