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Male Passenger ‘Inappropriately’ Touches Woman On Board Delhi-Chennai Flight, Arrested

After landing at the airport at 4:30 PM, the victim filed a police complaint immediately, with the help of the airline staff.

CHENNAI: A 43-year-old man was reportedly arrested for inappropriately touching a woman passenger on a Delhi- Chennai IndiGo flight on Wednesday. The woman alleged that the man seated behind her, touched her during the flight while she was sleeping.

The suspect, Rajesh Sharma, is a sales executive from Rajasthan but has been residing in Chennai for the last few years.

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An officer at the All Women’s Police Station at the airport said, “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,” Hindustan Times reports.

After landing at the airport at 4:30 PM, the victim filed a police complaint immediately, with the help of the airline staff. Following the complaint, authorities registered a case under Section 75 (sexual harassment) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and arrested the accused.

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However, the airline has yet to issue an official statement regarding the incident.

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