"Not Fit To Fly, Go Stitch Shoes": IndiGo Pilot Alleges Casteism At Work
Alleging casteist insults at work, a trainee pilot with IndiGo has accused three senior officials of telling him that he was "not fit to fly a plane" and "must stitch shoes" instead. The 35-year-old, who belongs to a Scheduled Caste, has filed a police complaint. An FIR has been registered against IndiGo officials Tapas Dey, Manish Sahni and Captain Rahul Patil under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. IndiGo has termed the allegations "baseless".
The complainant first approached the police in Bengaluru. The cops there registered a zero FIR -- an FIR that can be filed in any police station irrespective of where the crime took place. This FIR has now been sent to Gurugram, where IndiGo is headquartered.
