Air India suspends officer who faced fake abuse case

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Air India official against whom gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh had fabricated a false sexual harassment case, has been suspended from service by the airliner. The suspension has been ordered citing that this officer “had addressed the media on matters related to the company which is in violation of the company’s instructions”.
“The suspension order is unjustifiable as my client has never come before the media nor made any comments against the company. The accusation levelled by Air India against my client is totally baseless. Moreover, the suspension order has been issued before taking his version,” said M R Abhilash, counsel of the Air India officer.
The suspension has come when crime branch is probing the false sexual harassment case against this officer as per the directive from the Kerala high court.
CB’s probe had revealed that the ICC of Air India had recorded the statement of an impersonated witness, without checking the identity.