A wheelchair-bound woman shared a distressing incident on Thursday where she said that one of the staff members at Kolkata airport asked her to stand thrice despite repeatedly mentioning that she was suffering from a disability.
The woman named Arushi Singh from Gurgaon wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that the incident took place on Wednesday where a woman officer at the airport asked her to stand up and make her way inside the kiosk.
Singh told the officer that she would not be able to stand up due to his disability, but the officer insisted her to stand up.
The woman questioned the CISF manual on airport security and slammed the lack of empathy from authorities, which had left her shaken and furious.
The post saw of a replies from users, many of whom criticised the official's behavior at the airport.
"Truly unfortunate. Pace of change is slow to nonexistent. More than training the mindset of people has to change for a truly inclusive society to evolve," one user wrote.
"Sorry to hear. We don't have to blame her training or basics but as Indian we lack humanity," another user wrote.
"This is awful! Hope it is addressed sooner rather than later!" a third user wrote.
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