New Delhi: A passenger travelling on a SpiceJet flight from Delhi to Mumbai invited trouble by clicking obscene photographs and recording videos of an air hostess, which are being circulated on Instagram.
Taking suo moto cognizance of the video, Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has issued notices to the Indira Gandhi International Airport Police and Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) regarding alleged sexual harassment by a passenger on board the flight earlier this week.
“In a flight from Delhi to Mumbai, a passenger secretly took videos and objectionable photos of the flight attendant and other women. A video about this is going viral on Instagram. This is a very serious matter, taking cognizance and issuing notices to the police and DGCA,” DCW chairperson Swati Maliwal tweeted on Friday, sharing copies of the notices.
The notice stated that the incident allegedly took place on SpiceJet flight 157 (Delhi to Mumbai) on August 16.
“It is alleged in the viral video that a passenger was trying to click obscene pictures of a woman flight attendant and his woman co-passenger. It has been stated that when his mobile phone was checked, objectionable pictures of the women on board the plane were found in his mobile,” the notice read.
A copy of the FIR registered in the matter and details of the accused have been sought by August 23.
“If the accused has not been arrested, please inform the reasons for the same, detailed action taken report in the matter and provide the sought information to the Commission Considering the gravity of the matter,” Maliwal wrote.
It’s not an isolated incident of sexual harassment on flights.
In January, two passengers were deboarded from a Delhi-Hyderabad SpiceJet flight at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport after one of them allegedly touched a member of the cabin crew in an inappropriate manner and displayed “unruly behaviour” prior to take-off. The duo was handed over to a security team at the airport, and a case was registered against them by Delhi Police.
In May, a passenger travelling in an AirAsia flight was arrested following the complaint by a female flight attendant that she was sexually harassed at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (KIA).
