On Tuesday, a 32-year-old man was apprehended by Maharashtra police for allegedly molesting a female co-passenger during a flight from Pune to Nagpur, operated by a private airline, as confirmed by an official.

According to a report in PTI, the purported incident transpired on Monday, involving the accused, identified as Feroze Shaikh, a resident of the Kondhwa locality in Pune, who works as an engineer. The complainant, a 40-year-old woman from Chandrapur, was en route to Nagpur to attend the final rites of her deceased father, according to an official from the Sonegaon police station.