The man was arrested from the Amritsar airport. (Representational)

Amritsar:

A male passenger was arrested for allegedly molesting an air hostess on board a Dubai-Amritsar flight in an inebriated state, police mentioned on Monday.

Rajinder Singh, who hails from Kotli village of Jalandhar in Punjab, bought right into a heated argument with the air hostess and allegedly molested her on Saturday, police mentioned.

“The air hostess brought the incident to the crew’s notice. The accused was allegedly in a drunken state,” police mentioned.

The crew members then notified the Amritsar management room in regards to the matter and the assistant safety supervisor of the airline lodged a police criticism.

The accused was arrested upon his arrival on the Shri Guru Ramdas ji International Airport right here, they mentioned.

Singh was booked underneath Sections 354 (assault or felony pressure to lady with intent to outrage her modesty) and Section 509 (phrase, gesture or act supposed to insult the modesty of a lady) of the Indian Penal Code, police mentioned.

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