Arrested for urinating on a woman in flight: Police caught from Bengaluru after 42 days, Air India serves notice to crew members

The man who urinated on a woman on an Air India flight coming from New York has been arrested after 42 days. DCP Ravi Singh of IGI Airport said, 'Delhi Police has arrested the accused Shankar Mishra from Bengaluru last night. He was living in Thana Sanjay Nagar. He will be produced in court today. After the FIR was registered on December 28, the accused Shankar continuously changed his location.

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The Delhi Police has called the crew members and co-passengers present on the Air India flight at the time of the incident for questioning.

Air India CEO-MD Campbell Wilson has issued show cause notices to four cabin crew and one pilot.

The father of the accused said – the son was tired

Police have also given notice to Shyam Mishra, father of accused Shankar Mishra. They are saying that the allegations leveled against my son are fake. The victim had asked for compensation, and we gave that too, then don't know what happened. Perhaps the demand of the woman must have been something else that could not be fulfilled, and that is why she is angry. It is possible that this is being done to blackmail him.

The father of the accused said that Shankar was tired. He had not slept for two days. He was given a drink on the flight, after which he fell asleep. When he woke up, the airline staff questioned him. My son is decent and cannot do such a thing.

What happened in this case so far?

November 26: The accused urinated on an elderly woman on an Air India New York-Delhi flight. The airline did not take any action on this incident. December 28: The airline lodged an FIR with the Delhi Police. This action was taken when the victim's elderly woman complained to the chairman of the Tata Group. However, it was not revealed that the victim wrote the letter to the Chairman of the Tata Group. December 28 to January 4: During this, the police kept searching for the accused, but did not get success. January 4: This news went viral in the media and social media. January 5: Delhi Police reached the house of the accused in Kurla in Mumbai on Friday. Here the police could not find the accused and his family. Sangeeta, the maid working at home, was found. He told that 3 children live with a woman in this house. She does not know the name of the family members, but her last name is Mishra. January 6: Accused Shankar Mishra used to work at Wells Fargo & Company. The company fired him. The company said- We work on a higher standard of professional behavior. Such an act by our employees is unpardonable. The Delhi Police had issued a Look Out Circular (LOC) against the accused and informed them about his disappearance to the US-based legal department of Wells Fargo Company. January 7: Accused Shankar Mishra was arrested from Bengaluru.

The incident took place on 26 November

A man on board an Air India flight urinated on an elderly woman traveling in business class. The incident is on November 26 last year. The airline did not take any action on this incident. The elderly woman complained to the chairman of the Tata Group, and only then the airline officials became active and lodged an FIR with the Delhi Police.

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