Woman doctor alleges sexual harassment on Delhi-Mumbai flight, Professor held
Mumbai: In a shocking incident, a 47-year-old professor has been arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a 24-year-old woman doctor on a Delhi-Mumbai flight.
The incident took place on Wednesday, an official said.
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The 24-year-old victim and the accused were seated next to each other on the flight, which took off at 5.30 am from Delhi, the police official said.
“In her complaint, the woman doctor said that the accused touched her inappropriately sometime before the flight was about to land at the Mumbai airport,” he said.
An argument broke out between the two passengers, following which the victim informed the flight’s crew members, who intervened. After the flight landed at the Mumbai airport, they went to Sahar police station, he added.
As per a media report in The Indian Express, According to Sahar police, the professor, who hails from Patna, and the doctor, who is from Delhi, were seated next to each other on the flight, which took off from Delhi around 5.30 am Wednesday.
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