MUMBAI: Aamir Khan’s Dangal co-star Zaira Wasim faced harassment on Air Vistara’s flight from Delhi to Mumbai Saturday night.
In her Instagram story, the actor shared an image of a foot stretched out on her armrest. She described that while she was sleeping, she woke up to a foot rubbing against her back and neck.
She said that she tried to record the incident but the lights on board were dim and the camera was unable to capture it.
In her Instagram story, she wrote,”… right behind me one middle-aged man who made my 2-hour journey miserable. It was all chill till I felt somebody brushing against my back while I was half asleep. I ignored it the first time. Blamed the turbulence for it. Until I woke up to this PLEASANT SIGHT of his beautiful foot rubbing my back and neck.”
She concluded saying, “Guess he couldn’t sit like a civilized human being and placed his foot on my armrest.”
As soon as she landed in Mumbai, Zaira recorded a live video of herself speaking on the incident which left her in tears.
The young actor was crying throughout the short video and said,”I just landed and you know the whole irony of this is [that] this is not done at all. This is not how people should be made to feel.”
“This is terrible. No one, no one will help us if we don’t decide to help ourselves. This is the worst thing.”
Air Vastara was quick to respond and released a statement on Twitter in which they apologised to Wasim and extended their support to her in whatever action she wishes to take. Furthermore, they also said that they have launched a detailed investigation into the incident as they have “zero tolerance for such behaviour.”
We @airvistara have seen the reports regarding @ZairaWasimmm experience with another customer on board last night. We are carrying out detailed investigation and will support Zaira in every way required. We have zero tolerance for such behaviour.
— Vistara (@airvistara) December 10, 2017
Official Statement: Update #2 pic.twitter.com/9VQOjzGTOK
— Vistara (@airvistara) December 10, 2017
According to reports, she was not the only one onboard the flight to have faced the same ordeal.
