Actor
and his son prevented from boarding
a flight
Oct
05, 2006
Prithviraj,
the host of Jaya TV’s popular game
show “Savaal” had to have
a face off with the CISF jawans in Bangalore
Airport. Prithviraj and his son Mohan
were about to board the flight to Chennai
from Bangalore when they were stopped
and interrogated by the jawans. The officer
in charge cited that Prithviraj’s
son Mohan had some disease and hence was
stopped from boarding the flight.
Mohan
infact does not have any disease but
is an autistic child. This was conveyed
by Prithviraj to the officer. He even
explained to the officer that it is
a disability and not a disease. But
then the ignorant officer told Prithviraj
that it is a mental disease and he
could create problems to the fellow
passengers. There was a heated argument
between the officer and Prithviraj
on this. Prithviraj has no intentions
to let go this issue. He is serious
on this and wants justice to be served
to all autistic people. Prithviraj
had the presence of mind to tape all
these in his hand held camera. Poor
Mohan was a spectator to all these
commotion.
Medical
experts say that autistic people are not
harmful and that they lack the ability
to communicate properly and are due to
development disorder. Hope this falls
on the ears of those jawans so that no
other person goes through the same harassment
that Prithviraj and Mohan underwent at
the hands of some ignorant jawans.
