Rushiraj Sawant, son of former Maharashtra minister Tanaji Sawant, was on a chartered flight to Bangkok when it was unexpectedly diverted mid-air back to Pune. The flight, which had already passed ...

Less than an hour after the kidnapping case was registered, Sawant held a press conference to announce that his son had been “traced”.

PUNE/MUMBAI: A chartered flight from Pune to Bangkok was asked to turn back as Shiv Sena MLA and former minister Tanaji Sawant claimed his son Rushiraj, 32, had been abducted on Monday.

The plane was taking three passengers for a ‘business trip’ to Bangkok. The group included Rushiraj Sawant, whose father Tanaji Sawant is a politician in Maharashtra, and two friends of Rushiraj.