Man arrested for molesting female passenger on Delhi-Chennai flight

Chennai: A 43-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly molesting a woman passenger on board a Delhi-Chennai flight operated by IndiGo, police said here on Thursday. The man, identified as Rajesh Sharma, was arrested on Wednesday evening based on a complaint filed by the woman.

Police said Sharma, who is a native of Rajasthan but settled in Chennai, is accused of touching the woman passenger in an inappropriate manner while travelling from Delhi to Chennai on Wednesday.

“A complaint was filed against Sharma by the woman. Hence, we had to take him into our custody,” a police officer said. According to the complaint, the man touched the woman inappropriately when she was asleep, the officer added.

Since the woman preferred a complaint, the staff at the Chennai Airport assisted her in filing a police complaint. A case has been registered against Sharma under section 75 (sexual harassment) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

The airline, IndGio, didn’t react to the incident.