According to sources the Kerala Police has registered a case against an Air India Express pilot on the basis of a complaint from a female flight attendant, who alleged that she was sexually harassed by him. A police official said, adding that they both belong to Kerala that currently a case has been registered under section 354 A (sexual harassment) of the Indian Penal Code.
Meanwhile the woman told the 'Malayala Manorama' television channel that she had to face constant sexual advances from the pilot following which she resigned. Further she filed a police complaint after an incident on September 18 during a flight when she was allegedly harassed again by the pilot, following which a case was registered.
Moreover the official said that the police were in
the process of recording the statements of those who were on duty on September
18. Accordingly the victim also said that the pilot used to abuse her, both
verbally and physically, when she was in the cockpit or alone in the aircraft.
