He was on the run, and a lookout notice or airport alert was issued to locate him.
New Delhi:
Shankar Mishra, a Mumbai man who urinated on an elderly woman in an inebriated state on an Air India flight in November, was arrested late on Friday night by the Delhi Police from Bengaluru and brought back to the national capital, sources said. He was on the run, and a lookout notice or airport alert was issued to locate him.
The Delhi Police had deployed a team to Bengaluru, Karnataka to nab Shankar Mishra after receiving some ‘concrete’ leads on his whereabouts.
Top police sources said that though he had switched off his phone, he was using his social media accounts to communicate with his friends, which gave the police an opportunity to focus on him.
Sources said that 34-year-old Mishra had also used his credit/debit card at least at one place.
On November 26, on a New York-Delhi Air India flight, Shankar Mishra allegedly unzipped his pants and urinated on an elderly woman in business class. He later pleaded with the woman not to report him to the police, saying it would affect his wife and child.
Air India only filed a police complaint this week and said that “there was no further flare-up or confrontation”, and that “respecting the stated wishes of the female passenger, the crew decided not to call law enforcement upon landing”. It banned Mishra.” Flying for 30 days, there was outrage from social media users who said it was not enough.
The complainant had told the crew that she did not want to see Mishra’s face and was “shocked” when the culprit was brought before her and “began crying and apologizing”, according to her complaint, which is part of the FIR (First Information Report). ) is part of ). The woman also accused the crew of being “deeply unprofessional” and said they were not proactive in managing a “very sensitive and painful situation”.
Shankar Mishra’s lawyers claimed that he had exchanged messages with the woman who filed the complaint, and even paid her Rs 15,000 as compensation, and got her luggage cleaned . The woman’s daughter allegedly returned the money after a month, saying they could not accept it.
Mishra’s employer, the American financial services company Wells Fargo, also sacked him, saying the allegations were “extremely disturbing”. He served as the vice-chairman of the India chapter of the multinational firm, which is headquartered in California.
“Wells Fargo holds employees to the highest standards of professional and personal conduct, and we find these allegations very troubling. This individual has been terminated from Wells Fargo,” the company said in a statement last evening.
After widespread shock and disgust, Air India officials and the flight crew have been asked to explain how to deal with the incident.
Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has now warned of strict action if airline staff fail to act against unruly or unruly passengers.