BENGALURU: A 32-year-old businesswoman from South Korea accused an airline ground-handling workers member of sexual harassment at Kempegowda Worldwide Airport (KIA) right here Monday. Within the identify of “handbook frisking”, the accused allegedly touched her inappropriately, hugged her and thanked her.The girl, who arrived in India on a vacationer visa in November, was returning to her dwelling nation when the incident befell within the worldwide departure space of Terminal 2 of the airport. The accused, Mohammed Affann Ahmed, 25, from Kammanahalli, is just not authorised to conduct frisking. He was arrested and despatched to Central Jail in Parappana Agrahara on Tuesday. Based on her criticism, a person approached her round 10.45am after she had cleared Central Industrial Safety Drive (CISF) frisking and immigration checks. Figuring out himself as airport workers, he checked her boarding go and claimed there was a difficulty together with her checked-in baggage.He allegedly advised her that rechecking the bags would take time and requested her to accompany him for “handbook frisking”. He took her close to the lads’s washroom, the place below the guise of “handbook frisking”, he touched her chest a number of occasions, requested her to show round, after which touched her personal components. When she objected, he allegedly hugged her, thanked her, and requested her to depart.Following a criticism from the girl, airport officers detained Ahmed, a floor workers member of Air India SATS, and alerted the KIA police.Airport authorities clarified Ahmed had no authority to bodily verify passengers. In case of suspicion, he was required to alert immigration or CISF personnel and guarantee frisking was performed by authorised feminine workers.Police stated CCTV footage corroborated the girl’s account. A case was registered in opposition to Ahmed for sexual harassment and is in judicial custody.
