Shankar Mishra, who is accused of peeing on a female co-passenger on an Air India flight in November, was apprehended by Delhi Police on Saturday in Bengaluru.
After following Mishra's whereabouts for days using physical, electronic, and digital methods, investigators finally caught him. Mishra, a native of Mumbai, was earlier discovered by Delhi Police to routinely travel between the offices of his company in Bengaluru and Mumbai. Teams were organized to look for Mishra in the two cities' places where he was known to hang out.
India Today reported that the accused's last known location was Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka, where his cell phone was turned off on January 3.
It has now come to light that the accused took a private taxi to get to Bengaluru. Since a watch circular was issued to stop him from leaving the country, he had been hiding out in the city.
Police located Mishra's final known location on Friday night in Mysuru, which is located around 150 miles from Bengaluru. When the police got on the scene, the accused had already departed. When the cab driver was questioned by police, they discovered some very important clues.
Mishra was located at a homestay in the Chinappa Layout neighborhood of Bengaluru's Mahadevapura neighborhood, sources said India Today. He has already stayed there numerous times.
The Delhi Police team stormed in and arrested Mishra as soon as they had this knowledge. According to a Bengaluru police official, the city police helped the Delhi police officers apprehend him.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Airport) Ravi Kumar Singh confirmed the arrest to the news agency PTI, "A Delhi Police squad has detained IGIA case suspect Shankar Mishra in Bengaluru. He has been transported to Delhi, where additional inquiry is being conducted."
DID SHANKAR MISHRA DO ANYTHING?
Air India acknowledged the incident in which a male customer in the airline's business class urinated on a female passenger while intoxicated. The woman claims that Shankar Mishra approached her seat, undid his pants, exposed his privates, and urinated on her.
Mishra proceeded to stand at the old person's seat while his bodily parts were on display, according to the lawsuit. Another passenger requested that he leave.
The event came to light after the upset passenger complained in writing to Tata Group Chairman N Chandrasekharan about how the cabin crew had been extremely insensitive to the circumstances.
Based on the victim's complaint, Delhi Police filed an FIR under sections 294 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) (obscene act in a public place), 354 of the IPC (assault or criminal force to a woman with the intent to outrage her modesty), 509 of the IPC (word, gesture, or act intended to insult a woman's modesty), and 510 of the IPC (misconduct in public by a drunk person) as well as under.
