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Shankar Mishra has been accused of urinating on an elderly woman on an Air India flight from New York to Delhi. File photo/Twitter
Shankar Mishra’s lawyer, arguing against a police plea seeking revision of an order passed by a magistrate court on January 12, claimed that he had not committed the crime, and had urinated on himself
Shankar Mishra, who allegedly urinated on a female co-traveller in an inebriated state India The flight, which came from New York to Delhi on November 26 last year, will be produced in the court on Saturday as its 14-day judicial custody ends. Earlier in the Patiala House Court, Metropolitan Magistrate Anamika had rejected Delhi Police’s three-day police custody application.
Mishra was arrested as part of a joint operation by the Delhi and Bengaluru police after examining his call detail records. Police said Mishra did not cooperate with the investigation and was absconding.
Meanwhile, Air India on Thursday extended Shankar Mishra’s flying ban by 4 months. On January 4, Air India said it had imposed a 30-day travel ban on Mishra, but did not disclose the duration of the ban.
A day later on 5 January, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued notices to the officers and crew of the New York-Delhi flight, asking why action was not taken against them for “negligence” in duty during the handling of the Nov. should be done. 26 ‘pee’ incident.
The regulator had said of the incident, “The conduct of the airline concerned appears to be unprofessional and has resulted in a systemic failure.”
On January 20, DGCA slaps Rs 30 lakh fine on Air India in Shankar Mishra case, A day later on Saturday, a report suggested that contrary to claims made by the company, the airline was in fact aware of the fiasco hours after the incident.
The DGCA has issued show-cause notices to the Accountable Manager of Air India, its Director In-Flight Services, all pilots and cabin crew members of that flight as to why enforcement action should not be taken against them for breach of their regulatory obligations.
Under DGCA regulations, the airline concerned is responsible to inform the regulator within 12 hours of the landing of the aircraft, if there is any incident of unruly passengers/passenger anger/misbehavior in their flight.
The woman who accused Mishra of urinating on the flight, on 13 January rejected claims made by her that it appeared he had urinated on himself, saying these were “completely false and are fabricated and by their very nature are derogatory and derogatory.” ,
Arguing against a police plea seeking modification of an order passed by a magistrate court on January 12, Mishra’s counsel claimed that he had not committed the crime, and that he had urinated on himself.
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