Kanhaiya Kumar had alleged on Sunday that a co-passenger had tried to strangle him inside a Jet aircraft flying from Mumbai to Pune.
The Mumbai police said on Sunday that the allegations made by Kanhaiya Kumar of being strangulated by a co-passenger in a flight 'were not true'.
Deven Bharti, Joint Commissioner as per The Indian Express, said, "Whatever has been alleged by Kanhaiya's friend, in our inquiry we've found it not to be true."
On Sunday morning, Kanhaiya Kumar had alleged that a co-passenger had tried to strangle him inside a Jet aircraft flying from Mumbai to Pune.
Kanhaiya then made several tweets in connection with the issue:
Following the incident, the man, identified as Manas Jyoti Deka (33), an employee of TCS in Pune, was detained and a non-cognisable offence filed at Mumbai airport, police said.
Deka dismissed the charge of attack and dubbed it as a "cheap publicity" stunt by the 29-year-old student leader.
"My hand just happened to brush his neck as I was trying to balance myself on an aching leg. I do not know him personally though I have seen his pictures. This is being done for cheap publicity," Manas told reporters in Mumbai.
Following the incident, Maharashtra Minister of State (Home) Ram Shinde said Kanhaiya was trying to malign the image of the BJP-led state government. "He had been provided full security by the state government till the time he boarded the aircraft. Nobody can be given security once inside the plane. I, too, do not get security while I am flying," Shinde told PTI.
"Kanhaiya Kumar was travelling with three other persons. He had been allotted a window seat and thus, while crossing over a passenger who was seated in the middle, he got into a fight with him. The other passenger did not even know this man was Kanhaiya Kumar and he, too, is alleging he was beaten up by the student leader," Shinde said.
(With PTI inputs)
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