Panaji: A 23-year-old man was arrested on charges of sexually harassing a co-passenger on a flight. 

The police officials said that the incident took place on Tuesday on board the Air India flight from Delhi to Goa, between 11 am and 1:20 am, PTI reported. 

Giving further details, the officials said that the 28-year-old woman, a resident of Janakpuri in New Delhi, told them that when the plane was airborne, the man, who was sitting next to her, pulled over a blanket and allegedly started indulging in objectionable acts.

Following this, the woman filed a police complaint against the man after the flight landed at the Goa International Airport at Dabolim in South Goa.

As per the FIR, the man purposely kept the blanket open at the side of the victim during the act.

Later, the Dabolim airport police arrested the man, identified as Jitender Jangian, hailing from Panipat in Haryana.

A case has been registered against the accused under sections 75 (sexual harassment) and 79 (actions intended to insult a woman’s modesty, including verbal insults, inappropriate gestures or objects, and privacy invasion) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the police added. 

(Inputs from PTI)