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Kanhaiya Kumar claims man tried to strangle him on Jet Airways flight

New Delhi: Mumbai Police has said JNU leader Kanhaiya Kumar’s allegations that a man tried to strangle him were wrong. The police said that in their investigation they found that the accused didn’t even know he was Kanhaiya Kumar. JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar on Sunday claimed that a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporter tried to strangle him inside a Jet Airways aircraft in Mumbai, following which he was asked to deplane after he complained about the assault. Kumar was on his way to Pune to address an event in the city. "Yet again, this time inside the aircraft, a man tries to strangulate me," Kumar wrote on Twitter. Hitting out at the airliner, he added that Jet Airways saw no difference someone who assault and the person who is assaulted and the person if complains, is asked to deplane. Jet Airways immediately issued a statement and said, “Some guests on board this morning’s flight Jet Airways fight 9W 618 Mumbai to Pune have been off loaded at Mumbai airport in the interest of operational safety.” Police has detained the accused at Mumbai domestic airport for allegedly trying to attack the JNUSU president. This is not the first time that Kanhaiya has been assaulted as several attempts have been made in the past on the fiery student leader, who shot to fame after his arrest and release on sedition charges for organising an event at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University to mark the anniversary of the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, where anti-India slogans were allegedly raised. Earlier, slippers, shoes were hurled at Kanhaiya in Nagpur where he was addressing a public meeting on the occasion of 125th birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar. On the same day, some men reportedly belonging to Bajrang Dal attacked Kanhaiya's car when he arrived in the city.
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