Shooter Manu Bhaker stopped at IGI Airport; tweets problem, allowed to fly

Olympic quota place winner pistol ace Manu Bhaker on Friday evening alleged that she was harassed by Air India officials at the Indira Gandhi International Airport IGI while she was trying to board a flight from Delhi to Bhopal The 19yearold Haryana shooter who was carrying two weapons and ammunition on her way to Bhopal Shooting Academy was later allowed to board the flightAfter being stopped at the Indira Gandhi Airport 19yearold Manu tweeted her problem tagging sports minister Kiren Rijiju and civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri besides others Apparently after Rijijus intervention she eventually boarded the AI 437 flightManu tweeted fives times on Friday starting at 817 pm and the last one was posted at 857 pm after she was cleared to board the flight She thanked the sports minister in her last tweet Thank you KirenRijiju sir Got boarded after strong support from all of you Thank you India Flag of India Folded hands jai hind Rijiju responed by tweeting You are Indias prideSoon after that Air India replied to Manu tweet by tweetIGI Delhi Going to Bhopal MP Shooting Academy For my training I need to carry weapons and ammunition Request airindiain Officials to give little respect or at least dont Insult players every time ampplease dont ask money I Have DGCAIndia permit was Manus first of the tweets and she tagged HardeepSPuri and VasundharaBJPIGI Delhi Going to Bhopal MP Shooting AcadmyFor my training i need to carry weapons and ammunition Request airindiain Officials to give little respect or at least donrsquot Insult players every time ampplease donrsquot ask money I Have DGCAIndia permit HardeepSPuri VasundharaBJP pictwittercomhYO8nVcW0zmdash Manu Bhaker realmanubhaker February 19 2021Air India responded Maam we are really sorry that you have faced inconvenience while travelling with us We request you to kindly share details of the issue along with your contact details over DM for us to assist youIn her second tweet Manu sensationally hinted that officials asked her for bribesNot allowing me to board flight AI 437 at IGI Delhi and asking now 10200rs Despite all valid Documentation and DGCA permit sic Top of that Manoj Gupta Air India in charge doesnt recognise DGCA she wrote and tagged narendramodi HardeepSPuri AmitShah VasundharaBJP shall I pay this Bribes orNot allowing me to board flight AI 437 at IGI Delhi and asking now 10200rs Despite all valid Documentation and DGCA permit Top of that Manoj Gupta Air india incharge doesnrsquot recognise DGCA narendramodi HardeepSPuri AmitShah VasundharaBJP shall I pay this Bribes or pictwittercom1lnkoUxNiPmdash Manu Bhaker realmanubhaker February 19 2021Air India replied Maam we have noted details please allow us a few mins to inform our Delhi Airport teamManus next tweet read Think this type of behaviour is not acceptable sic Manoj Gupta is not even human He is treating me like I am a criminal Also his security in charge Such people need basic training of behaviour hopefully Aviation ministry will find out ampwill send him to the right placeThink this type behaviour is not acceptable Manoj Gupta is not even human He is treating me like I am a criminal Also his security incharge Such people need basic training of behaviour hopefully Aviation ministry will find out ampwill send him to right place HardeepSPuri pictwittercomUlzLy3v974mdash Manu Bhaker realmanubhaker February 19 2021Air Indias response apparently after checking with its officials at the IGI was Dear Ms Bhaker Our Delhi Airport team has confirmed that the official at our counter had only sought for valid documents as per rules for the carriage of your weapon on board 13Its next tweeted read 23In absence of the same legitimate specified charges for the arms were conveyed to you No one sought a bribe as has been alleged You were issued a boarding pass on your assurance of furnishing valid documents before boardingAir India further tweeted 33 Immediately after the official valid documents were shown by you at the boarding point u were allowed to board It may please be noted that Air India has always encouraged and respected Sportspersons and have many eminent sports legends working with usManu is one of the top shooters selected for the ISSF World Cup to be held from March 18 to 29 at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Ranges in New DelhiThe 2018 Youth Olympic champion competed in the 10m air pistol and the 25m sports pistol in the second round of national selection trials held in New Delhi from February 8 to 14This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever