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Harbhajan Singh alleges Jet Airways pilot made racist comment and exhibited violent and abusive behaviour

Sport360 staff

18:04 26/04/2017

India cricketer Harbhajan Singh lashed out at Jet Airways pilot Bernd Hoesslin on Twitter, alleging that Hoesslin had made a racist comment against an Indian passenger, physically assaulted a woman and abused a physically challenged man.

According to NDTV, the incident took place in early April when friends of Harbhajan’s wife Bollywood actress Geeta Basra were flying on a Chandigarh-Mumbai flight.

And, on Wednesday, Harbhajan took to Twitter to express his displeasure at the incident.

The off-spinner, who took his 200th wicket in T20 cricket on Monday, also tweeted to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting action to be taken regarding the incident.

Jet Airways, on their part, released a statement that mentioned that they have de-rostered the concerned pilot and that a full-fledged internal investigation is currently ongoing.

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