Former Jet Airways chief promoter Naresh Goyal and his wife Anita were offloaded from a London-bound flight and barred from leaving India this morning by immigration officials, sources said here on Saturday.
The duo had boarded the Emirates EK-507 flight and theaircraft was recalled after it had already reached the taxiway and preparingfor take-off from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.
They were taken into custody by the Mumbai AirportImmigration for investigations, and the reasons for the action was not clear.
Despite repeated attempts, officials at Jet Airways andEmirates Airways refused to comment and details were awaited.Recently, some lawmakers had demanded that theMumbai Police should impound the passports of Goyal and other senior officialsof the beleaguered airlines to prevent them from leaving the country.