AI pilots held in molestation case

Pilot Ranbir Arora and co-pilot Aditya Chopra were called for questioning on Tuesday evening and later arrested in connection with the mid-air scuffle on the Sharjah-Delhi flight involving the air hostess and a flight purser. “As the offence is bailable, they were released after registering their arrest and questioning,” a senior police official said.

Air hostess Komal Singh had approached police on October 3 claiming that she was assaulted and molested by Arora and Chopra inside the cockpit during the journey to Delhi on the same day.

NCW for guidelines

The National Commission For Women said on Tuesday that it would come out with guidelines within a month on the working conditions in airlines in the country, PTI reports from New Delhi.