Mistreated by IndiGo ground staff, tweets PV Sindhu

Sindhu took to twitter to express her disappointment with Indigo ground staff.

Olympic Silver-medalist, Indian badminton star, PV Sindhu on Saturday slammed Indigo airlines staff for the alleged ill-behavior.

Sindhu took to twitter to express her disappointment with Indigo ground staff. Sindhu accused an airline staffer named Mr Ajeetesh of behaving badly and rudely with her.

In a series on tweets, Sindhu spoke about her ordeal. Sindhu said, "Sorry to say ..I had a very bad experience when I was flying by 6E 608 flight to Bombay on 4th November the ground staff by name Mr Ajeetesh (1/3)".

In another tweet, Sindhu wrote, "Ground staff (skipper) mr Ajeetesh behaved very badly and rudely with me. When the air hostess Ms ashima tried to advise him to behave properly with the passenger (me) but to my surprise he behaved very rudely with her. If this type of people work for a rupted (reputed) airline like indigo they will spoil their reputation @IndiGo6E"

The ground staff apparently objected to her carrying her kit-bag which had her racquets inside it. She normally carries them as hand luggage.

It was learnt that the staffer told her to get rid of her kit-bag very rudely.

Sindhu's father was also travelling with her.The ground staff misbehaved with Sindhu while handling her kit bag. Sindhu had requested him to handle it with care as there were racquets inside. But the person behaved rudely.

"The air hostess tried to interfere but he was also rude to her. One should not behave with a lady like that, so Sindhu tweeted. She was hurt," Sindhu's father Ramanna told PTI.

Later, Indigo airlines issued a clarification on the matter.

Indigo stated that the member of the ground operations remained calm, After several requests, they (Sindhu and her father) finally consented to the removal of the bag:

"Ms Sindhu was informed that it will be moved to cargo hold of aircraft. This is the same policy we follow for all customers."

"P V Sindhu boarded flight 6E608 Hyderabad-Mumbai carrying oversized baggage which was not fitting into the overhead bin," Indigo Airlines stated.

(With agency inputs)