Gujarat Deputy CM Nitin Patel’s son was stopped from getting on a Qatar Airways flight early on Monday morning after he was found drunk and argued with the airport staff.
According to an IANS report, Jaiman Patel, in his mid-30s, was scheduled to leave for Greece for a vacation along with his wife and daughter on a 4 a.m. flight.
Patel, a land-dealer, was reportedly so drunk that he was finding it difficult to walk and cleared immigration and other checks in a wheel-chair.
“Jaiman Patel was prevented from boarding the flight. He also had an argument with the staff of the airways,” an official told the news agency, requesting anonymity.
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The report mentions that his father, the deputy CM, came out in his son’s defense outside his residence in Gandhinagar. The elder Patel told reporters that it was a ploy by his opponents to “tarnish our image by spreading false and mischievous information”.
The 60-year-old minister reportedly added that his son was not feeling well and the decision to return home was taken after his daughter-in-law called and informed them of his condition.
