GoAir files FIR against abusive passenger

As a warning to passengers that they cannot go scot-free after abusing the employees aboard the airplane, GoAir, a domestic low-cost carrier got an FIR registered against one of its passenger for allegedly molesting two of its female cabin crew members.

“We wish to reiterate that GoAir has a zero tolerance policy towards passengers who misbehave with our employees,” says Freddy Castro, corporate communications official for GoAir. “Any passenger misbehaving, abusing or man-handling any of our employees will be dealt with strictly,” he says.

On Thursday, January 17, two female crew members of GoAir Mumbai-Jaipur flight G8-111 alleged that they had been abused by a passenger, Ved Prakash, on board.

After Prakash entered the flight, he touched the chest of a lady manager. Stunned, the manager asked one of her male colleagues to assist him. 

Prakash was escorted to his seat. But when another air-hostess approached him, he patted her bottom. After the ladies complained, he was removed from the flight and handed over to the Central Industrial Security Force.

When the victims returned from their flight from Jaipur on Friday, the Sahar police registered an FIR against Prakash under Sections 354, 504 and 509 of the Indian Penal Code.  When contacted, Dilip Patil, senior PI, Sahar police station, said that investigations were on.         
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