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The off-accountability Air India Explicit pilot accused of assaulting a passenger at the Indira Gandhi World (IGI) Airport changed into as soon as detained for questioning after which arrested, Delhi Police mentioned on Tuesday (December 30, 2025). Captain Virendra Sejwal changed into as soon as subsequently launched on bail later.
“In the process of investigation, after the registration of the case, the relevant CCTV footage had been collected and statements recorded. The accused was also called for questioning, and his arrest was effected,” DCP Vichitraveer Singh in an announcement.
The pilot had earlier joined the probe and changed into as soon as questioned by the investigating officer, he added.

Sejwal has been booked beneath sections 115 (voluntarily inflicting hurt), 126 (wrongful restraint) and 351 (prison intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in reference to violence shut to the protection checkpoint of Terminal 1 on December 19.
An FIR changed into as soon as registered on December 22, after which the sufferer, Ankit Dewan, changed into as soon as referred to as to fable a detailed assertion, undergo a clinical examination, and accumulate proof.
With PTI inputs
Printed – December 30, 2025 09:00 am IST



