<p class="title">A 28-year-old passenger has been arrested for allegedly molesting a female flight attendant on board a Bengaluru-bound IndiGo plane before its departure from the Mumbai airport, a police official said Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Raju Gangappa, a resident of Bengaluru, allegedly pressed the back of the 20-year-old flight attendant while he was passing by her and when she reprimanded him, he abused her, the official said giving details of the incident which occurred on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She informed her seniors about the incident following which the person was offloaded along with his baggage, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The official said he was handed over to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officials and later taken into custody by the airport police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gangappa has been booked under IPC section 354 (assault or criminal force on a woman with an intent to outrage her modesty), he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Following his arrest, he was produced in a Mumbai court on Wednesday, which remanded him in police custody for a day, the official said. He will again be produced before a court Thursday, he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A probe was underway in the case, the officer said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">IndiGo did not respond to a query on the issue. </p>
<p class="title">A 28-year-old passenger has been arrested for allegedly molesting a female flight attendant on board a Bengaluru-bound IndiGo plane before its departure from the Mumbai airport, a police official said Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Raju Gangappa, a resident of Bengaluru, allegedly pressed the back of the 20-year-old flight attendant while he was passing by her and when she reprimanded him, he abused her, the official said giving details of the incident which occurred on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She informed her seniors about the incident following which the person was offloaded along with his baggage, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The official said he was handed over to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officials and later taken into custody by the airport police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gangappa has been booked under IPC section 354 (assault or criminal force on a woman with an intent to outrage her modesty), he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Following his arrest, he was produced in a Mumbai court on Wednesday, which remanded him in police custody for a day, the official said. He will again be produced before a court Thursday, he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A probe was underway in the case, the officer said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">IndiGo did not respond to a query on the issue. </p>