A 62-year-old man touched her inappropriately while de-boarding and during the flight made several attempts to touch her

The Delhi Police arrested a 62-year-old man for allegedly molesting an air hostess while exiting an airplane at Delhi airport, police said on Wednesday.

Sanjay Bhatia, DCP (airport) confirmed that on March 24, a crew member air hostess of Vistara airlines, reported a matter of harassment in flight UK-997 from Lucknow to Delhi. In her complaint, a passenger identified as Rajeev Vasant Dani, a resident of Pune, was arrested.

“The complainant told that when passengers were de-boarding the flight at Delhi airport, as per her job she was standing near the exit gate and guiding passengers when the accused touched her inappropriately. She said that during the flight the man had tried to touch her several times but she ignored him but at the exit gate when he again did the same, she reported the matter to senior crew members and the man was detained by security staff. He was later handed over to IGI police staff,” said Mr. Bhatia.

A case under IPC section 354 A (sexual harassment) has been registered. The accused was arrested and presented before a magistrate who granted him bail.

Vistara has issued an official statement over the incident.

“A member of our cabin crew operating Flight No. UK997 from Lucknow to Delhi on 24 March 2018, reported an incident of sexual harassment by a passenger. Vistara does not tolerate abusive or unruly behaviour by passengers that puts the safety of its staff and other customers at risk, or compromises their dignity.

“We have reported the matter to the Police and other relevant authorities. An FIR is registered and investigation is on. We are fully committed to providing our cooperation to all the authorities,” said a Vistara Spokesperson.