Bengaluru: Businessman held for misbehaving with flight attendant

BENGALURU: A 28-year-old businessman from the city has been arrested for allegedly misbehaving with a cabin crew member aboard a Kolkata-bound flight on August 14.
Sanoj Kumar Yadav, a resident of Jigani and from West Bengal, boarded the flight at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru and allegedly harassed the air hostess before takeoff.
The incident took place when he was walking towards the toilet.“The toilet was occupied by someone else and he was waiting outside. I was standing near him and was busy with some work. He misbehaved with me. When I sought an explanation, he feigned innocence,” the woman stated in the complaint.
The cabin attendant brought the matter to the notice of her seniors and the accused was deboarded from the aircraft. A complaint was lodged with KIA police. Yadav has been booked under IPC section 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty). He is in 14-day judicial custody.