Airhostess assault: AI pilots held, bailed

New Delhi: Ten days after an airhostess levelled charges of assault and molestation against the two pilots of an Air India flight, the pilot and co-pilot were arrested on Tuesday evening. They were released on bail almost immediately.
The pilot, Commander Ranbir Arora, and co-pilot Captain Aditya Chopra of Air India flight IC-884 were arrested under IPC Sections 354 (outraging modesty of a woman), 323 (physical assault), 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult modesty of a woman), read with 34 (common intention).
The police have questioned crew members, pilots and passengers of the front row of the Sharjah-Lucknow-Delhi flight to know about the mid-air scuffle. According to an officer, the police also went by the medical examination report of the airhostess, which showed she was assaulted.
The officer said that in the FIR lodged at IGI Airport police station, the airhostess had said Arora and Chopra tried to molest her and when she resisted, she was pushed outside the cockpit. “She had sustained bruises and injuries on her hand,” the officer said.
About molestation charges against the duo, Air India spokesperson Chandra Kumar said, “They came out clean in our internal inquiry.”
14/10/09 Indian Express

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