Professor Arrested For Harassing Woman On Flight

The flight took off at 5.30 am from Delhi, the police official said...

On Friday, July 28, 2023, a 47-year-old professor was arrested for sexually harassing a woman, who was a doctor on a Delhi-Mumbai flight, police said.

On Wednesday, the incident took place, he said. 

"In her complaint to the police, the woman said that the accused touched her inappropriately several time before the flight was about to land at the Mumbai airport," he said.

An argument broke out between the two passengers, following which the victim informed the flight's crew members, who intervened. 

After the flight landed at the Mumbai airport, they went to the Sahar police station, he added.

Based on the complaint filed by the victim, a case of sexual harassment was registered against the professor and he was arrested, the police official said.

The accused was presented in a court. 

Court granted him bail, he said, adding that an investigation is going on.