Angered by delay of his Air India flight, 'tipsy' man harms self using pen

Chennai: Irked by delay in the take off of a Mumbai bound flight, a 37-year-old man, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, on Sunday inflicted self injury using a pen after a wordy duel with airline officials.

The passenger was taken to a hospital within the airport premises for treatment, and the flight later departed without him.

The passenger was scheduled to board Air India's 2:30 am Mumbai flight and since it got delayed for about three hours, he questioned the airline officials and it led to a verbal duel, airport sources said.

The man told the officials that he ran the risk of missing his connecting flight at Mumbai and in a seeming fit of rage, he took out a pen and punched his stomach causing mild bleeding.