Shankar Mishra

Delhi police arrested Shankar Mishra on Friday night – nearly six weeks after he urinated on an elderly woman in the business class section of an Air India ...

He was arrested from Bengaluru on Friday night and brought to Delhi. As the airline did not lodge a complaint against Mishra, he was allowed to walk off the plane without consequences once it landed in Delhi. She said she was made to confront and negotiate with the accused, who begged her not to file a complaint as it would impact his family. The 34-year-old is a resident of Mumbai, Maharashtra. Instead, she was made to sit on the crew seat. Mishra was arrested in Bengaluru last night and sent to 14 days of judicial custody.

The police said Mishra was trying to evade his arrest. They were tracking his mobile phone, social media accounts, bank transactions to arrest him as he had ...

TRENDING The police said Mishra was ashamed as the case had gone viral on social media. A news report in PTI quoted Deputy Commissioner of Police (Airport) Ravi Kumar Singh saying that, "Accused Shankar Mishra in IGIA case has been arrested from Bengaluru by a Delhi Police team. They also deployed two special teams in Mumbai and Bangalore to track his whereabouts. He was arrested in Bengaluru late on Friday night after a team of police officers were tracking his movements for the last few days. Mishra, who had switched off his mobile phone, was using his social media accounts to communicate with his friends, the police said.

Mishra had been booked under Sections 510 (misconduct in public by a drunken person), 509 (insulting the modesty of a woman), 294 (sings, recites or utters ...

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A Delhi court on Saturday sent Shankar Mishra, accused of urinating on a woman co-passenger on an Air India flight, to judicial remand for 14 days while ...

[Dailymotion ](https://www.dailymotion.com/DeccanHerald) [Facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/deccanherald/) [Twitter ](https://twitter.com/DeccanHerald) “Perusal of records shows that the accused was deliberately avoiding joining of investigation. Delhi police sought three days' custodial interrogation on the ground that he was to be confronted and identified by Cabin crew members. They can be interrogated in his absence.

Shankar Mishra was fired by Wells Fargo after an elderly woman complained that he urinated on her during an Air India flight in late November.

The woman blasted the airline for initially refusing to reimburse her ticket. The woman alleged in her complaint that during a Nov. The airline said it issued a full refund weeks later. Police had requested that Mishra be placed in their custody, but their request was denied. In an apparent attempt to evade authorities, he switched off his phone on Jan. Mishra, a resident of Mumbai, was sought by police for days.

The Delhi Police alleged that Shankar Mishra did not cooperate with the investigation and was 'deliberately avoiding the joining of investigation'.

It also suggested that if anytime during the course of the judicial custody, there arises a need for police custody, it may be considered. The airline is investigating aspects, including the service of alcohol on flight, incident handling, complaint registration on board and grievance handling. Police said Mishra did not cooperate with the investigation and was “deliberately avoiding the joining of investigation”. “Statement of some of the crew members already taken by IO (investigating officer). There is a reason for police custody,” the court said. This is the stage of remand.