Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)

Bengaluru, Jul 1: A passenger headed to Mumbai from Bengaluru by an early morning flight was arrested and remanded to judicial custody after he allegedly harassed a co-passenger and behaved in an obscene way during the flight.

The harassed female passenger shouted for help, unable to bear with the behaviour of the passenger, at which he was whisked away by personnel. On the arrival of the flight at Mumbai, he was taken over by security staff, who later lodged a complaint in the airport police station. The police arrested him and produced him in the court whereupon he was remanded to judicial custody.

The 31-year-old passenger identified as Sabeen Hamza, was touching the woman passenger who was asleep. Because of his inappropriate behaviour and touches, the woman suddenly woke up and saw that her co-passenger was touching her and indulging in sexual gratification. The horrified passenger then cried for help. The airline staff who rushed to help saw that Hamza was hurriedly closing the zip of his trousers.

He was booked under various sections of Indian Penal Code pertaining to outraging modesty of women.