Guwahati, Aug. 3 -- IndiGo has banned a passenger from flying with the airline after he slapped a fellow traveler from Assam on a Mumbai-Kolkata flight on Friday. The incident, which took place on flight 6E138, was captured in a video that quickly went viral on social media.

The video shows a man identified as Hussain Ahmed Majumdar standing in the aisle, appearing to be in distress, when a seated passenger suddenly slaps him.

The victim, a resident of Katigorah in south Assam's Cachar district, who was reportedly having a panic attack, was visibly shaken and began to cry after the assault.

Cabin crew and other passengers immediately intervened to assist the distressed man.

In the video, a cabin crew member can be heard telling the se...