Man tries to strangulate Kanhaiya Kumar on Jet airways flight, detained

In a shocking incident, a man allegedly tried to strangulate JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar on board a Jet airways flight from Mumbai to Pune. The man was later detained and Kanhaiya was also offloaded by the airline citing safety, forcing him to take the road route to Pune, PTI reported.

Kanhaiya Kumar in a series of tweets narrated the incident. He alleged that a man tried to strangulate him. The student leader also complained that Jet Airways didn't take any step against the man after the incident. He said, 

Basically @jetairways sees no difference between someone who assaults nd d person who is assaulted. They will deplane you, if you complain.

— Kanhaiya Kumar (@kanhaiyajnusu) April 24, 2016

Later, revealing the attacker's name, Kanhaiya alleged that the person is a strong supporter of BJP and works for IT giant TCS. 

Manas Deka, works in TCS, a strong BJP supporter assaulted me inside the aircraft. Is assault the only tool you have, to fight dissent?

— Kanhaiya Kumar (@kanhaiyajnusu) April 24, 2016

Jet airways on its part issued a statement saying, "Some guests on board this morning's flight Mumbai to Pune were off loaded at Mumbai airport in interest of operational safety. At Jet Airways, the safety and security of our guests and crew is always of prime importance".

"A person has been detained for allegedly attacking Kanahiya onboard a Pune-bound flight. The matter is being probed further," a senior police official told PTI.

Kanhaiya Kumar shot to national fame after he was arrested on sedition charges after a pro-Afzal program was held in JNU where he was allegedly present. Kanhaiya was attacked inside the Patiala court house premises. He has also been attacked inside JNU. Plans have been uncovered of people trying to kill him. Kanhaiya's car was stoned when he came to Nagpur last week to attend a program on BR Ambedkar. This incident is only the latest in the series of attacks against the new anti-Modi posterboy.