Booked by Delhi Police, Barred By Airlines, Sena MP Gaikwad Forced to Take Train

New Delhi: After being barred by airlines for assaulting an Air India staff member, Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad on Friday took a train to Mumbai where he has been summoned by his party chief Uddhav Thackeray.

The Member of Parliament boarded the first class coach of August Kranti Express from Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station to Mumbai Central at around 5 pm on Friday, a railway official said.

The grounded Sena leader didn't disclose his full name in order to hide his identity while booking the ticket.

However, a defiant Gaikwad said that he will come back to Delhi on Wednesday to appear before Parliamentary committee.

"On reaching Mumbai, he (Gaikwad) will meet Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, who has summoned him," Sena's Rajya Sabha MP Anil Desai said.

Dependra Pathak, Delhi Police's chief spokesperson and special commissioner(operations) on Friday said Gaikwad has been charged with attempt to commit culpable homicide and using criminal force with intent to dishonour person. Pathak said Gaikwad's complaint against Air India has also been sent for legal examination.

Lok Sabha member from Osmanabad in Maharashtra, Gaikwad assaulted Air India officer R. Sukumar on board an aircraft on Thursday.WATCH VIDEO| BREAKING TOONS: SHIV SENA MP HITS AIR INDIA STAFFER

In an unprecedented step, Air India and all private carriers refused to fly Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad over his misconduct with the officer of the national flag carrier.

But the Sena MP remained defiant and refused to apologise for repeatedly beating and trying to push down Sukumar from the aircraft. He also dared Delhi Police to arrest him and alleged that it was Sukumar who hit him first.

"Air India and member airlines have decided to ban this MP from flying on all our flights with immediate effect," the Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA) said in a statement earlier in the day.ALSO RED: Can't Take Suo Moto Action Against MP For Assault, Says Speaker Sumitra Mahajan

"We believe that exemplary action should be taken in such incidents to protect employee morale and public safety," said FIA Associate Director Ujjwal Dey.

The Indian Commercial Pilots Association sought an unconditional apology from Gaikwad and threatened to direct its members "not to operate any flight which has Gaikwad on board".

The Sena leader earlier vowed to fly back to Pune, but Air India cancelled his ticket.

Besides Air India, the airlines which won't allow Gaikwad to fly as FIA members are IndiGo, Jet Airways, SpiceJet and Go Air. AirAsia and Vistara, which are not with FIA, have also joined them.

Gaikwad on Thursday beat Sukumar repeatedly with a slipper after he was forced to travel in Economy Class from Pune to Delhi despite holding a Business Class ticket.

Congress said strict action should be taken against him as per law and by his party.

"Nobody in public life can even remotely do anything but to denigrate and castigate such behaviour. We hope and trust that the Law takes its clear unequivocal and prompt course.

"That his party takes a quick decision as we are told it is considering. It is most important that there is an inner realisation and an inner element of apology and inner of relevant reform which should set up very good example of kind of consciousness," Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi told reporters.ALSO RED: Apologise or Face Defamation Case: Sena MP Gaikwad Warns AI OfficialsALSO RED: Shiv Sena Seeks Explanation From its MP For Assaulting Air India Staffer