Delhi: Flyer held for molesting woman on board

NEW DELHI: A 40-year-old man who runs a shop in Rajasthan has been arrested for allegedly molesting a co-passenger on board an Air Asia flight from Guwahati to New Delhi on Monday.
The 20-year-old woman alleged that the man touched her inappropriately while she was asleep. He was arrested soon after the flight landed at Delhi’s IGI Airport.
According to a police officer, the woman alleged she first noticed the man trying to approach her when she was reading during her flight.She told the cops that she thought it was by mistake, but the man repeatedly touched her inappropriately before she woke up and called the cabin crew to report the matter.
The chief of safety, Air Asia India, said “Timely intervention by our crew and a fellow passenger alerting the ground security team resulted in detaining of the passenger.”
DCP (IGI Airport) Sanjay Bhatia said the man was identified as Raj Kumar Jain. He was booked for molestation.