JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar alleged that a co-passenger tried to 'strangle' him inside an aircraft before a flight from Mumbai to Pune, a charge dismissed as 'cheap publicity' by the man who was detained in connection with the incident. 'Yet again, this time inside the aircraft, a man tries to strangulate me,' Kanhaiya tweeted after the alleged incident which took place when he was inside a Jet Airways aircraft at the airport in Mumbai. Kanhaiya was subsequently offloaded from the plane by the airline staff on safety ground, forcing him to take road route to Pune to attend an event there. The Maharashtra government has ordered a probe into the matter. Following the incident, the man, identified as Manas Jyoti Deka (33), an employee of TCS in Pune, was detained and a non-cognisable offence filed at Mumbai airport, police said. Prima facie it appears an argument broke out between two groups over seating onboard the flight and Kanhaiya was part of one of them, a senior police official said. Sahar police is in the process of registering the complaints of both the parties, he added. Deka dismissed the charge of attack and dubbed it as a 'cheap publicity' stunt by the 29-year-old student leader. 'My hand just happened to brush his neck as I was trying to balance myself on an aching leg. I do not know him personally though I have seen his pictures..