The Delhi Police arrested a 62-year-old man for allegedly molesting an air hostess while deboarding an airplane at Delhi Airport, police said on Wednesday.
Sanjay Bhatia, DCP (airport) confirmed that on March 24, a crew member air hostess of Vistara airlines, reported a matter of harassment in flight UK-997 from lucknow to Delhi. In her complaint, she had identified a passenger Rajeev Vasant Dani, a resident of Pune.
“The complainant told us that when passengers were de-boarding the flight at Delhi airport, as per her job, she was standing near the exit gate and guiding passengers when the accused touched her inappropriately.
“She said during the flight the man had tried to touch her several times but she ignored him but at the exit gate when he again repeated his act, she reported the matter to senior crew members and the man was detained by security staff. He was later handed over to IGI police staff,” said the senior police officer.
Police said they have registered a case under IPC section 354 A (sexual harassment) of the Indian Penal Code.