Bengaluru, Nov 11: A 28-year-old woman accused three AirAsia employees of allegedly misbehaving with her on November 3 on-board a Bengaluru-bound flight from Ranchi. She even accused the ground staff at Bengaluru airport of threatening her of rape. However, refuting the claims made by her, the airline accused the passenger of abusing a senior staffer and even misbehaving with the cabin crew. Also Read - Sexual Harassment Row: Payal Ghosh To Register Complaint With NCW Against Anurag Kashyap

“They were taking pictures of my boarding pass and making me feel like a terrorist. It was around 1 am and all the passengers had deboarded but they didn’t let me go,” she was quoted as saying. (ALSO READ – Watch Video: IndiGo Ground Staff Manhandles, Throttles 53-year-old Passenger at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport) Also Read - Kangana Ranaut Says 'Big Heroes' Flashed Their Genitals And Harassed Her, Supports Payal Ghosh in #MeToo Against Anurag Kashyap

The three AirAsia employees – Sanmit Karandikar, Kaizad Suntoke and Jitin Ravindran – have been booked under charges of wrongful restraint, sexual harassment, and gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman. Also Read - Payal Ghosh Makes New Statements Against Anurag Kashyap in #MeToo Case, Receives Support From NCW

The woman boarded the AirAsia flight number 1585 around 9.15 PM from Ranchi and reached Bengaluru after midnight on November 4. The resident of New BEL Road in Central Bengaluru filed the complaint four days after the incident. In her complaint, she has accused the staffers of harassing her throughout the journey after she raised the issue of toilet being dirty.

“When I reached Bengaluru airport, one of the ground staff asked me to apologise to the Captain and cabin steward otherwise they will hand me over to the cops. Three of them were making a gang surrounding me and said you don’t know who we are. We will take you outside and show you what we are. It was kind of a rape threat. I don’t know who said it but I heard someone saying that we will rape you,” she said.

Meanwhile, the AirAsia issued a statement over the issue and said they followed the standard operating procedures for disruptive passengers. “The passenger resorted to verbal abuse against the senior cabin crew. The senior cabin crew then managed to calm the passenger down and resumed his duties. However, the passenger continued to be abusive,” the statement read.

The incident comes to light a few days after a video of an IndiGo ground staffer allegedly manhandling a 53-year-old passenger on the tarmac of Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in New Delhi. The scuffle had taken place on October 15 when the passenger was boarding a shuttle to his flight.

As the video went viral, IndiGo president Aditya Ghosh issued an apology. “I acknowledge the unpleasant experience our passenger went through, while engaging with our staff at Delhi airport. My personal apologies as this does not reflect our culture. I had personally spoken to the passenger and asked for an apology. Once again my personal and sincere apologies to the affected passenger. The dignity of passengers and staff was of utmost importance and any act that compromised the dignity of either was of a serious concern,” he said.