'He tried to touch my wife’: Ayesha Takia's husband Farhan Azmi alleges racism and sexual slurs by CISF officers at Goa airport
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“Altercation started when an armed male officer at the security desk tried to physically touch and tell my wife," tweeted Ayesha Takia's husband Farhan Azmi.
New Delhi: Actress Ayesha Takia’s husband Farhan Azmi has claimed harassment at the Goa airport by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officers on duty. He claimed that an armed male officer at the security desk tried to 'physically touch' and tell his wife to stand in a different queue. Other officer later directed sexual slurs at him when frisking. Farhan shared a detailed account of the same in a Twitter thread on April 4. Goa Airport replied to his thread the next day.
Recounting the story, Farhan wrote, “Dear @CISFHQrs, I was boarding for Mumbai on @IndiGo6E 6386, 18:40 hrs flight and these racist officers R P Singh, A K Yadav, commander Rout and senior officer (SP category) Bahadur purposely singled me and my family (wife and son) immediately after they read out my name out loud to team."
He said a fight between him and one of the officers started when the latter tried to touch his wife inappropriately. “Altercation started when an armed male officer at the security desk tried to physically touch and tell my wife, son to stand in another line while all other families were standing together for security. All I said to him is to dare touch any female here and maintain distance @CISFHQrs."
Dear @CISFHQrs I was boarding for Mumbai on @IndiGo6E 6386, 18:40 hrs flight & these racist officers R P Singh, A K Yadav, commander Rout & senior officer (SP category) Bahadur purposely singled me & my family (wife & son) immediately after they read out my name out loud to team pic.twitter.com/gjHdnFajDN
— Farhan Azmi (@abufarhanazmi) April 4, 2022
