Eyewitnesses told News Agency of Kashmir that the sky marshal Krishan Kumar made "advances" and passed "lewd" remarks on one of the women passengers, Supriya Agarwal, when the later boarded the Delhi bound Air Deccan flight.
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"She was in tears"
An eyewitness told
Newsline: “She (the victim) was
in tears, and was trying to leave
her seat. She told other passengers
that the man sitting next to her
was trying to molest her, which
led to a furore inside. Ghulam
Nabi Azad was sitting in the front
row with his wife, and heard the
commotion.” Krishan Kumar’s
identity was revealed only after
senior police officers rushed inside
the plane and arrested him. A
service pistol and a knife were
recovered from Kumar.The flight
was delayed as the pilot was not
sure whether he could fly with
just one sky marshal on board.
17/08/07 Delhi Newsline
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They said that the woman objected the behavior of the marshal and was soon joined by her co-passengers, who did not allow the flight to take off."She was in tears"
An eyewitness told
Newsline: “She (the victim) was
in tears, and was trying to leave
her seat. She told other passengers
that the man sitting next to her
was trying to molest her, which
led to a furore inside. Ghulam
Nabi Azad was sitting in the front
row with his wife, and heard the
commotion.” Krishan Kumar’s
identity was revealed only after
senior police officers rushed inside
the plane and arrested him. A
service pistol and a knife were
recovered from Kumar.The flight
was delayed as the pilot was not
sure whether he could fly with
just one sky marshal on board.
17/08/07 Delhi Newsline
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Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who was also in the flight, took strong exception of the misbehavior and directed SSP Anti-Hijacking to arrest the official. However, senior police officers said that the chief minister did not intervened in any manner and instead board a Spice Jet flight for Delhi.
"The sky marshal was arrested after the complaint by a passenger that he misbehaved with her," Superintendent of Police (Airport) G A Dar said.
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"Are you feeling the heat
of love?"
The marshal reportedly handed the
women a note saying he loved her
and then made suggestive
comments like: "Are you feeling
the heat of love?" and "Don't be
afraid of me, I'm also young." The 28
year-old marshal has been charged
with verbally harassing the woman,
said G. M. Dar, a senior police officer
at Srinagar airport. Only after he
was arrested did they discover that
he was an air marshal. The woman,
22, was traveling with her parents.
17/08/07 Kashmir Watch, Pakistan
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Originally from the National Security Guard (NSG) the Marshal was posted on the Airways as a measure of anti-hijacking measures."Are you feeling the heat
of love?"
The marshal reportedly handed the
women a note saying he loved her
and then made suggestive
comments like: "Are you feeling
the heat of love?" and "Don't be
afraid of me, I'm also young." The 28
year-old marshal has been charged
with verbally harassing the woman,
said G. M. Dar, a senior police officer
at Srinagar airport. Only after he
was arrested did they discover that
he was an air marshal. The woman,
22, was traveling with her parents.
17/08/07 Kashmir Watch, Pakistan
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The official was immediately arrested by the cops and whisked away to a nearby police station, sources said adding, however, this irritated the pilot of the flight, who refused to take off.
Well informed sources claimed that the CM also called minister for civil aviation over phone and reprised him about the matter. Departure of the aircraft - scheduled to leave at 12.45 p.m. - was delayed for more than half an hour.
17/08/07 News Agency of Kashmir To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline
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