A 43-year-old NRI who was flying to the US has been arrested for allegedly stalking a fellow passenger at Terminal-3 of Indira Gandhi International Airport on Monday.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the 35-year-old victim, who was going to Dubai, told police that he stalked her while she was in a queue to reschedule her flight outside the ticket counter as she had missed her first flight. This is a first arrest from airport after laws on sexual assault was amended.
Police said that the accused has been identified as Puneet Aahuwalia, a native of Chandigarh. Aahuwalia, a Delhi-based businessman, currently lives in America. “The arrest was made on Monday morning around 5.15 am following the complaint of a woman who alleged that a man was stalking her at T-3,” the officer added.
Accused Aahuwala had come to India one year ago and was returning to the USA on Monday morning. “The accused initially tried talking to her and started praising her. However, the victim stopped him, but he continued chatting with her. The victim got scarred and she finally approached the security personnel who in turn informed the police,” police officer said. later, the accused was arrested from the spot and was booked under Section 354-D (stalking) of the IPC.