Shankar Mishra, the man accused of urinating on a female co-passenger while inebriated onboard Air India flight AI-102 from New York to Delhi on November 26, was arrested on Saturday. According to reports, the accused was apprehended in Bengaluru and is being transported to New Delhi.
The Delhi Police filed a FIR in the case on Wednesday and has been looking for the accused ever since. Several teams were formed to apprehend the accused, who was eventually apprehended in Bengaluru.
This comes after accused Shankar Mishra, who has been missing since the incident was revealed, issued a statement through his lawyers claiming that he had paid “compensation” to the victim and that she had no intention of filing a complaint.
Allegations and Denials Surrounding Airline Incident
The incident occurred on November 26, 2022, but it was only brought to light after the media reported on the letter the woman flyer, a senior citizen in her seventies, submitted to Tata Group’s chairman N Chandrasekaran, narrating her harrowing experience, on January 4, 2023.
Shyam Mishra, the accused’s father, claimed on Friday that the case against his son Shankar Mishra is “false” and that he was blackmailed.
“She (victim) demanded payment, and it was also made. I’m not sure what happened after that. She must have made a demand that was not met, which must have irritated her. “Perhaps there was blackmail,” the accused passenger’s father said on Friday.
Shyam Mishra went on to say that his son was sleep deprived and that he must have slept after consuming liquor served by airline personnel. “This is a false case, my son had not slept for 30-35 hours, he must have slept after having the drink served by airline staff. He was questioned by the staff after he woke up.” He also claimed that his son could not have committed such a crime, “She (victim) is an elderly woman, my son is 34 years old, she is like a mother to him. My son is married and has an 18-year-old daughter. I don’t think he would do it.”