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A man was arrested for allegedly harassing a female Air India flight attendant on a Dubai-Hyderabad flight. He left obscene notes and was remanded to judicial custody.
Air India said that it has made significant progress on the required fix.
A passenger was held for allegedly harassing a female flight attendant on board an Air India flight from Dubai to Hyderabad, police said on Sunday.
The flyer, a native of Kerala, allegedly touched the woman while she was providing services, RGI Airport police station Inspector Kankaiah Samapathi told PTI.
The cabin crew observed that the passenger, believed to be in his 30s, appeared to be under the influence of alcohol. After the flight landed, the incident was reported to the ground staff and the pilot, police told PTI.
Subsequently, the crew filed a formal complaint, based on which the passenger was among those booked for sexual harassment.
The passenger, upon landing claimed that he had misplaced his passport on his seat onboard the flight. After hearing this, the flight crew went to search for the flyer’s passport.
However, they found a note on the seat containing “obscene and abusive” remarks, which were allegedly targeted at the crew members, PTI reported.
A case has been registered under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against the accused, on the basis of the flight crew’s complaint. The section has been registered under Section 74 (assault or use of criminal force against a woman with the intent to outrage her modesty), and Section 75 (sexual harassment).
The accused was arrested and produced before a local court, which remanded him to judicial custody, police said.
(With inputs from PTI)
November 30, 2025, 21:50 IST
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