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VASCO: The video of Bollywood actor Salman Khan snatching the mobile phone of a ground staff who tried to click a selfie with the actor went viral on social media, on Tuesday.
In the clip, as the actor is walking the exit the airport, the ground staff is seen moving in front of Khan and trying to click a selfie with the actor. Annoyed, Khan is seen snatching the mobile phone from the staff working for an airline.
“No formal complaint is lodged but when the video went viral, we inquired about the incident and confirmed it,” said a senior official of the airport.
When contacted, Airport Police Inspector Sagar Ekoskar said no formal complaint was lodged.
Meanwhile, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) issued an advisory to Dabolim airport authorities to instruct ground staff to maintain “decorum”.
Confirming the issuance of the advisory, Goa Airport Director Gagan Malik told reporters, “The staff should concentrate on their work. They should do their duty and not indulge in clicking selfies with the passengers at the terminal.”
He said such incidents can bring discomfort to the thousands of people who use the airport, which he claimed was the “face of the State”.
Some political leaders took to Twitter to condemn Khan’s behaviour and said the actor should apologise.
Former South Goa MP and State BJP General Secretary Narendra Sawaikar tweeted, “Being celebrity, people and your fans will take selfies in public places. Your attitude and behaviour is most deplorable. You have to tender unconditional public apology.”
South Goa BJP General Secretary Navin Pai Raikar, while tweeting about the airport incident, made a reference to the 2002 hit-and-run case in Mumbai in which Khan was named as an accused.
“Uncle, this is not the way you behave in #Goa! Yea #Mumbai ka footpath nahi hai where you crush people under your car and get away! @BeingSalmanKhan you should apologise!” Raikar said on Twitter.
(With inputs form PTI)
