Bengaluru: The police in Karnataka have arrested a 52-year-old man on charges of sexually harassing a woman co-passenger on a flight, an official said on Wednesday.
The arrested individual has been identified as Sankaranarayanan Renganathan.
In this regard, the 32-year-old woman had filed a complaint with the Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL) police station.
The woman, who is from Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, stated in her complaint that she was flying with Lufthansa from Frankfurt to Bengaluru on November 6.
“I passed out midway through the trip. After a while, I discovered that the accused co-passenger had touched my intimate areas with his hand. The complaint stated, “I had pushed away his hand and went back to sleep.”
“When I woke up again after around 15 minutes, I noticed that the accused had once again placed his hand on my private parts between legs. I then dragged his hand off, called the airline staff and informed them about the matter,” she mentioned in the FIR.
Later, the woman was shifted mid-journey to a different seat.
After the flight landed at the Bengaluru International Airport, the accused was taken to the police station and he was arrested after the woman filed a complaint against him on Tuesday.
The police have registered a case under IPC Section 354 A (engaging in unwelcome, explicit sexual behaviour, sexual harassment).
