Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya "mistakenly" opened the emergency exit of an IndiGo plane last month and he has already apologised for it, Civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Wednesday. "When the incident happened, Tejasvi Surya himself reported it to the pilot and crew. Full protocol was followed as the DGCA has investigated. Only after all checks, the aircraft took off. He (Surya) himself apologised for the delay caused due to the incident," said Scindia. IndiGo had recently stated that on December 10, a passenger had accidentally opened the emergency exit of flight 6E 7339 (Chennai to Tiruchirapalli) at the Chennai airport during the boarding process, when the plane was on the tarmac. The airline added that the passenger had apologised. The minister's statement confirms that Surya was the passenger in question and that the incident happened over a month ago.