Air India urinating incident: Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia assures speedy action

Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has assured of speedy action in the case where a man allegedly urinated on a woman co-passenger on a New York-Mumbai flight last November.

"Further action will be taken speedily after the completion of the ongoing proceedings," Scindia told reporters without elaborating.

On Saturday Delhi Police arrested Shankar Mishra, the 34-year-old accused.


Mishra allegedly urinated on the woman, a senior citizen, in an inebriated condition in the business class of the Air India flight from New York to Delhi on November 26 last year.

Earlier on Saturday, Air India's CEO, Campbell Wilson, issued an apology over the handling of the incident and said four cabin crew and a pilot have been de-rostered and the policy of serving alcohol on flights is being reviewed.

The Delhi Police arrested Mishra from Bengaluru after he was traced to that city through technical surveillance, officials earlier said.

A Delhi court on Saturday sent Mishra to judicial remand for 14 days while rejecting a plea by police for his custody.

The Delhi Police had registered an FIR against him on January 4 on a complaint given by the woman to Air India.

Mishra, who was working with the US multinational firm Wells Fargo in India, was sacked on Friday.



With inputs from agencies