In an obnoxious incident, an Indian groped a woman onboard an Air India flight. The man later apologised through a series of notes and admitted that his actions were stupid. Ganesh Parkar, 40, was detained on a woman’s complaint and charged with abusive sexual contact in a federal court in Newark, New Jersey.

Parker reportedly had a business class seat on the transcontinental flight from Mumbai to Newark, but he chose to sit in a middle seat next to the woman in economy class, prosecutors said.

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According to the criminal complaint, the victim filled, once she fell asleep and later awakened to discover that the blanket she had put on had been pulled off her body. After replacing the blanket and going back to sleep, the woman again woke up to find Parkar's hand inside her shirt, prosecutors said.

According to court documents, the woman yelled, "What the hell are you doing?" and crew members instructed Parkar to move back to his assigned seat. According to reports, Parker repeatedly asked the flight attendants to allow him to speak to the woman, but he wasn’t allowed, prosecutors said. He wrote her two notes in which he apologised for a "moment's stupidity" and admitted he had been "stupid," according to the complaint.

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Parkar’s defence lawyer didn’t respond immediately respond to request for comment. Parkar was released on $50,000 bond and ordered to remain under house arrest.