New Delhi: Delhi Police have identified the passenger who urinated on a woman septuagenarian co-passenger onboard an Air India flight from New York to Delhi as a Mumbai-based businessman, and have dispatched multiple teams to nab him from the country's financial capital.
Delhi Police has also written to the authority concerned seeking to issue a Look Out Circular (LOC) against Shekhar Mishra, ANI reported quoting sources. "We have formed multiple teams to keep a track of the accused passenger and he will be arrested soon," the officer said. A senior police officer said that based on the complaint of the victim given to Air India, a case has been registered under the Indian Penal Code and the Aircraft Rules.
The IPC sections included in the case are 294 (obscene act in public place), 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) and 510 (misconduct in public by a drunken person), he added.
Air India on Wednesday said it has imposed a 30-day flying ban on the passenger who had urinated on a co-passenger onboard a flight from New York to Delhi in November last year and set up an internal panel to probe whether there were lapses on part of the crew in addressing the situation. Separately, aviation regulator DGCA said it has sought a report from the airline on the incident and will "take action against those found negligent".
