After IndiGo refuses to board child with disability, rights body takes note

Amid anger over IndiGo refusing to allow a child with special needs to board a plane in Ranchi with his family, child rights body NCPCR (National Commission for Protection of Child Rights) has taken note of the incident. “An incident of misbehavior with a specially-abled child by staff of IndiGo at Ranchi airport has come out. Cognizance is being taken for appropriate action,” the rights body chairperson Priyank Kanoongo said on Monday.

In a tweet earlier, aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia had said he would himself probe the case. “There is zero tolerance towards such behaviour. No human being should have to go through this! Investigating the matter by myself, post which appropriate action will be taken (sic),” Scindia tweeted.

Aviation regulator DGCA on Sunday had also ordered an investigation over the incident amid huge uproar.