The 20-year-old woman said Raju Gangappa touched her back and made inappropriate comments while boarding the Bengaluru-bound flight. She said: “The flyer pressed my back and when I retaliated, he abused me verbally. I informed the incident to my senior before the flyer was offloaded with his baggage.” The incident delayed the flight by about half an hour.
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Flight crew informed CISF who escorted the woman and suspect to the airport police station where an FIR was filed. Airport police SI Alka Mandve confirmed that the man had been arrested.
A publishing professional, Gangappa was on his way back home from Mumbai when he was removed from the plane. Andheri court remanded him in police custody till Thursday. His flight history is being probed too.
This article originally appeared in Times of India.
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