Elderly man arrested for sexually harassing woman on flight
BENGALURU, Nov 8: A 52-year-old man was arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a female passenger on a Frankfurt-Bengaluru Lufthansa flight, police said on Wednesday.The alleged incident took place on November 6 while the 32-year-old woman, who hails from Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, was asleep, they said.While she was sleeping, the man, seated next to her, allegedly touched her private parts and misbehaved with her. Thereafter, she requested a flight attendant and got her seat changed as the man continued to harass her during the journey.After the flight landed in Bengaluru, the woman filed a complaint against him at Kempegowda International Airport Police Station following which a case was registered under section 354 A (sexual assault) of the Indian Penal Code.The man was arrested and produced before the court. However, he was later released on bail. (PTI)
Three of family strangled to death in Punjab
CHANDIGARH, Nov 8: Three members of a family were allegedly strangled to death at their house in a village in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district, police saidAccording to an officer, the cause behind the murder is yet to be ascertained.A domestic help working with the family for 20 years said the assailants kidnapped him and beat him up before throwing him into the Sutlej at Harike.However, he survived and returned home and has been admitted to a hospital. (IANS)
