Last Updated: January 07, 2023, 23:12 IST
![Shankar Mishra, accused of urinating on a woman passesnger on an Air India flight from New York to Delhi, being taken away by the police from the DCP office at IGI Airport in Delhi on Jan. 7. (Image: PTI) Shankar Mishra, accused of urinating on a woman passesnger on an Air India flight from New York to Delhi, being taken away by the police from the DCP office at IGI Airport in Delhi on Jan. 7. (Image: PTI)](https://images.news18.com/ibnlive/uploads/2021/07/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&width=510&height=356)
Shankar Mishra, accused of urinating on a girl passesnger on an Air India flight from New York to Delhi, being taken away by the police from the DCP workplace at IGI Airport in Delhi on Jan. 7. (Image: PTI)
Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday mentioned that speedy motion will probably be taken within the Air India urinating case
Hours after Shankar Mishra- the person accused of urinating on an aged girl co-passenger onboard an Air India flight- was arrested, Delhi’s Patiala House Court despatched him to 14-day judicial custody on Saturday. Manu Sharma, counsel for the accused, has additionally moved a bail software. The court docket issued discover for the following date of listening to on January 11.
Delhi Police arrested Mishra, 34, from Bengaluru after he was traced to that metropolis by technical surveillance. Bengaluru police had assisted Delhi police in arresting Shankar Mishra from Sanjay Nagar space within the metropolis. He has been introduced to Delhi and additional investigation into the case is underway, police mentioned.
Meanwhile, Air India CEO issued an apology over the dealing with of the incident and mentioned 4 cabin crew and a pilot have been de-rostered and the coverage of serving alcohol on flights is being reviewed.
Key Updated In The Case
- Police had sought his three-day remand, saying he was required to be recognized by three cabin crew members and two captains and different co-passengers have been additionally to be examined.
- However, a Delhi court docket despatched Mishra to judicial remand for 14 days whereas rejecting a plea by police for his custody.
Passing the order, Metropolitan Magistrate Anamika famous that Mishra’s custody was not required by police for recording statements of different witnesses, together with cabin crew and co-passengers. “Just as a result of there’s public stress, don’t do that. Go by the regulation,” the judge said. - Meanwhile, speaking to News18, Mishra’s lawyer Ishanee Sharma said that while the matter is now in court and everything will be decided by trial led by evidence, there always is a different side of a story, adding that “we have been pushing too hard for one side of this entire story”.
The lawyer known as the legal criticism in opposition to Mishra by the lady after accepting compensation a “malicious afterthought”. - Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday said that speedy action will be taken in the Air India urinating case. “Further action will be taken speedily after the completion of the ongoing proceedings,” Scindia told reporters here without elaborating.
- Mishra, who was working with US multinational firm Wells Fargo in India, was sacked on Friday.
- Tata Group-owned Air India CEO Campbell Wilson issued a statement saying the airline could have handled the issue better and promised a robust reporting system of unruly behaviour and a system of reporting such incidents.
With questions being raised about the airline not immediately reporting the unruly passenger to law enforcement authorities, he advised staff to report all incidents irrespective of a settlement being reached.
The airline is reviewing “policy on service of alcohol in flight,” Wilson added with out elaborating additional.
- The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday said that Air India at first look appeared to haven’t complied with provisions associated to the dealing with of an unruly passenger onboard.
The DGCA notices got here after the airline instructed the regulator that its employees had not complained in regards to the Mumbai businessman to regulation enforcement, because the aggrieved woman had “rescinded” an initial request for action after the two “appeared” to have sorted out the problem.
- A Bengaluru police official mentioned Mishra was staying at his sister’s home in Sanjay Nagar, Bengaluru. He had switched off his cell phone on January three and his final location was traced to Bengaluru.
- Mishra allegedly urinated on the lady, a senior citizen, in an inebriated situation within the enterprise class of the Air India flight from New York to Delhi on November 26 final 12 months. The Delhi Police registered an FIR in opposition to him on January four on a criticism given by the lady to Air India.
- The case in opposition to him was filed underneath sections 294 (obscene act in public place), 354 (assault or legal drive to girl with intent to outrage her modesty), 509 (phrase, gesture or act meant to insult the modesty of a girl) and 510 (misconduct in public by a drunken particular person) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in addition to underneath Aircraft Rules.
- According to the FIR, the accused begged the lady not to lodge a criticism in opposition to him, saying he was a household man and didn’t want his spouse and little one to be affected by the incident. Summons have been issued to the employees for Friday however they didn’t seem earlier than the police, they mentioned. A lookout round was issued in opposition to Mishra to forestall him from fleeing the nation.
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