43-year-old man arrested for sexual harrasment on Delhi -Chennai flight

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The woman alleged that the suspect, who was sitting behind her, inappropriately touched her while she was asleep...

CHENNAI: A 43-year-old sales executive has been arrested on charges that he inappropriately touched a woman passenger sitting in the seat in front of him on a Delhi-Chennai IndiGo flight on Wednesday, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.e)..

The woman has registered a complaint that she was in a window seat and while she was asleep, the accused who was sitting behind her also in the window seat touched her inappropriately, said an officer at the All Womens Police Station attached to the airport in Meenambakkam..

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