Staff Report
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI: Shankar Mishra, a Mumbai resident who intoxicatedly peed on an elderly woman on an Air India aircraft in November, was apprehended late on Friday night in Bengaluru by the Delhi police and brought back to the capital.
Delhi police make arrest
According to reports, a lookout notice or airport alert was issued to try to find him because he was running away. After receiving some “concrete” leads regarding Shankar Mishra’s whereabouts, the Delhi police sent a squad to Bengaluru, Karnataka, to apprehend him.
Despite turning off his phone, he continued to use social media to connect with his friends, which allowed the police to track him down, according to top police sources
On November 26, on an Air India flight from New York to Delhi, Shankar Mishra is accused of taking off his pants and urinating on an elderly passenger in business class. Later, he begged the woman not to call the police and say it would affect his wife and child.
Air India just made a police report this week, claiming that because “no additional flare-up or confrontation” occurred and because the crew “elected not to alert law enforcement upon landing, respecting the perceived wishes of the female passenger. Mishra was prohibited from flying for 30 days, which outraged social media users who claimed it was insufficient.
According to the complainant’s complaint, which is included in the FIR (First Information Report), the complainant had informed the crew that she did not want to see Mishra’s face and was “stunned” when the offender was brought before her and “began crying and profusely apologizing”. Additionally, the woman charged that the staff was “very unprofessional” and lethargic in handling a “really sensitive and traumatic matter.”
According to Shankar Mishra’s lawyers, he had messaged the complainant’s wife, gave her 15,000 in compensation, and had her belongings cleaned. After a month, the woman’s daughter reportedly returned the money, claiming they were unable to take it.
Following considerable outrage and anger, Air India representatives and the flight’s crew have been asked to explain how they handled the event.
The airline crew has been threatened with a harsh penalty by the aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) that if they do not intervene to control disruptive or improper passengers.
