{"id":303172,"date":"2025-08-09T14:56:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T09:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=303172"},"modified":"2025-08-09T14:57:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T09:27:46","slug":"man-slapped-during-panic-attack-on-indigo-flight-video-goes-viral-with-false-communal-angle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/man-slapped-during-panic-attack-on-indigo-flight-video-goes-viral-with-false-communal-angle\/","title":{"rendered":"Man slapped on Indigo flight: Misleading to claim incident shows ‘plight of Muslims’ in India"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the video of a man being slapped on an Indigo flight went viral recently, several social media users highlighted the incident as showing the plight of Muslims in India.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thirty-two-year-old Hussain Ahmed Majumdar from the Cachar district of Assam began suffering from a panic attack on an Indigo Airlines flight from Mumbai to Kolkata on July 31. As cabin crew members came forward to help Ahmed and were trying to calm him down, another passenger slapped him. In the now-viral video which was recorded by another passenger, co-passengers can be seen expressing their anger at the unprovoked attack and asked the person who slapped Majumdar why he had done so. In response to this, the passenger in question stated that he was getting disturbed at Majumdar’s behaviour. <\/span><\/p>\n

A panic attack is a sudden feeling of intense fear or anxiety that can cause severe physical reactions despite there being no real danger. The symptoms of a panic attack may consist of rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath and dizziness.<\/span><\/p>\n

As soon as the visuals began circulating online, social media was flooded with a range of reactions. Many users condemned the violence and expressed sympathy for Majumdar. Since the victim was wearing a skullcap associated with the Muslim religion, some users gave it a communal spin. Some began claiming that this incident happened due to discrimination on the basis of religion. (<\/span>Archived link<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Many users clearly termed it as an incident of \u2018Islamophobia\u2019 and claimed that the accused was a Hindu, and it reflected the social status of Muslims in India.\u00a0 (<\/span>Archived link 1<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>2<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>3<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>4<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>5<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>6<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>7<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>8<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n