Ahmedabad: Sardarnagar police here today arrested a Gandhinagar-based BJP leader for allegedly molesting a 13-year-old girl on board a Goa-Ahmedabad flight of IndiGo Airlines on May 29.
Ashok Makwana, the accused, is a labour contractor.
Based on a complaint filed by the girl's parents, police today arrested the 41-year-old Makwana, said inspector V R Patel of Sardarnagar police station.
Makwana has been booked under section 354-A of IPC (sexual harassment) and sections 11 and 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
The FIR lodged by the parents on Sunday said a male passenger sitting next to the girl sexually harassed her during the journey.
"She was not accompanied by anyone during the journey. She boarded the flight around midnight and landed here in the wee hours of Sunday. It is alleged that Makwana tried to touch her indecently several times and made some inappropriate gestures during the journey," inspector Patel said.
31/06/16 PTI/Times of India
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Ashok Makwana, the accused, is a labour contractor.
Based on a complaint filed by the girl's parents, police today arrested the 41-year-old Makwana, said inspector V R Patel of Sardarnagar police station.
Makwana has been booked under section 354-A of IPC (sexual harassment) and sections 11 and 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
The FIR lodged by the parents on Sunday said a male passenger sitting next to the girl sexually harassed her during the journey.
"She was not accompanied by anyone during the journey. She boarded the flight around midnight and landed here in the wee hours of Sunday. It is alleged that Makwana tried to touch her indecently several times and made some inappropriate gestures during the journey," inspector Patel said.
31/06/16 PTI/Times of India
