A city court on Saturday sent Shankar Mishra, accused of urinating on a woman co-passenger on an Air India flight, to judicial remand for 14 days while rejecting a plea by police for his custody while three Air India crew members on Saturday joined the investigation at the Indira Gandhi International Airport police station in the matter.
A senior police officer said nine crew members were called, out of whom three recorded their statements on Saturday morning. Their statements will help police to establish the sequence of the alleged event that took place on the flight last November, official said. They were called on Friday, but as they were not available in the city, police asked them to join the probe on Saturday.
The police sought Mishra's remand for three days for custodial interrogation on the grounds that he was required to be identified by three cabin crew members, two captains and other co-passengers, who were also to be examined.
Metropolitan Magistrate Anamika passed the order to send Mishra to judicial remand, noting that his custody was not needed for recording the statements of other witnesses, including cabin crew and co-passengers, and they can be quizzed in his absence. "Just because there's public pressure, don't do this. Go by the law,” the magistrate said.