Man arrested for harassing female co-passenger on Bengaluru-Bound flight

The police in Karnataka have arrested a 52-year-old man on charges of sexually harassing a woman co-passenger on a flight, an official said on Wednesday. 

The arrested individual has been identified as Sankaranarayanan Renganathan. 

The woman, 32, had lodged a complaint with the Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL) police station in this regard.

The woman, who hails from Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, mentioned in her complaint that on November 6, she was travelling on Lufthansa Airlines from Frankfurt to Bengaluru.

After the flight landed at the Bengaluru International Airport, the accused was taken to the police station and he was arrested after the woman filed a complaint against him on Tuesday.

The police have registered a case under IPC Section 354 A (engaging in unwelcome, explicit sexual behaviour, sexual harassment).