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Kerala: 30-year-old man arrested for harassing Delhi-based woman pilot at airport premises

Police said the accused had made the comments sitting inside his car and immediately drove away the vehicle. The woman had noted down the car's number.

Kerala crime news Image Source : PTI / REPRESENTATIVEWoman pilot harassed at Kerala airport 

A 30-year-old man, identified as Unnikrishnan, was on Saturday arrested for allegedly harassing a Delhi-based woman pilot at the international airport in Kerala, police said. The accused, a resident of Thiruvananthapuram, was arrested by police late Saturday. ​Unnikrishnan was arrested for making "sexually coloured comments" against the 26-year-old co-pilot of a public carrier. 

The incident was reported while she was waiting for her vehicle at the airport premises Friday night.

Commenting on the incident, an official said, "He was arrested based on the complaint forwarded to us by the airport manager. On preliminary investigation, we came to know that he was drunk while driving at the airport. Further investigation is on."

Quoting the woman's complaint, police said he had made the comments sitting inside his car and immediately drove away the vehicle. The woman had noted down the car's number.

The case has been registered against the accused under Section 354A (making sexually coloured remarks) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), police
said.

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