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| Indigo says woman violated dress code that applies to those travelling on staff leisure travel privileges |
October 29, 2015, NewsCrunch
India's top airline IndiGo has landed in a controversy for not allowing a woman to board a plane for wearing inappropriate dress.
The incident occurred on Monday when the the Indigo staff at Mumbai stopped the unidentified passenger, forced her to change into trousers and take a later plane to New Delhi.
In a mail to Indian Express, IndiGo confirmed the incident and identified the woman as a former employee whose sister was also currently employed by the airline.
Indigo said the woman had violated a “specific dress code” that applies to its employees and their family members when they travel using the “staff leisure travel privileges” offered by the airline. It did not elaborate what the dress code was.
An eyewitness account posted by a fellow passenger Purabi Das on Facebook states that there was nothing inappropriate in the dress worn by the woman, who was in a knee length frock.
Indigo's stewardesses also wear frocks of the same length, Purabi Das pointed out.
The Indigo staff also reportedly harassed a male passenger who tried to intervene on behalf of the woman.