A man from Rajasthan was arrested after a woman sitting in the seat in front of him on a Delhi-Chennai IndiGo flight accused him of sexual harassment, reported Hindustan Times citing sources on Thursday.
According to the report, the female passenger alleged that the forty-three-year-old man allegedly tried to inappropriately touch her when she was asleep in her seat. Later the woman protested and even registered a complaint against the accused.
The woman registered a complaint against the accused immediately after the flight landed at 4:30 pm.
A case was registered on woman’s complaint under section 75 (sexual harassment) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Later, the man was arrested.
“The woman has registered a complaint that she was in a window seat and while she was asleep, the accused who was sitting behind her – also in the window seat – touched her inappropriately,” HT quoted an officer at the All Women’s Police Station attached to the airport in Meenambakkam as saying.
The suspect’s name is Rajesh Sharma and he belongs to Rajasthan but was living in Chennai for years. According to a Chennai airport staff, the accused was seated on 3 A at the time of alleged harassment.