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'Touched inappropriately', then 'thanked': Korean woman's scary Bengaluru airport encounter
The staffer, identified as Affaann Ahmed, has been arrested by the airport police.
A South Korean woman was allegedly harassed by an airport staffer at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport on Monday under the garb of a routine check, following which, the accused was arrested.
The staffer, according to KIAL Airport police, was arrested for sexually harassing the woman who had come to the airport to travel to Korea.
Detailing what unfolded during the incident, the airport police said that during ticket inspection, the accused said that the woman's bag was making a beeping sound following which he asked her to be checked separately.
He then took the woman to men's toilet and touched her inappropriately under the pretext of inspection, the police said.
“Under the guise of conducting a security check, the accused took the woman to the men’s toilet and touched her inappropriately,” Devanahalli assistant commissioner of police (ACP) Sri Harsha told Hindustan Times.
Despite the woman objecting to how she was being inspected by the man, he allegedly continued and later let her go after saying “thank you”, according to a report by The Hindu.
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The report also added that the accused, Ahmed, was a ground staff hired on a contract basis for security check.
After the alleged harassment, the woman "complained to the airport security staff, who immediately detained the accused and handed him over to the airport police,” said police, reported news agency ANI.
The police added that the CCTV footage confirmed the incident.
“The CCTV footage clearly supports the complaint made by the woman. Based on the evidence and her statement, a case has been registered and the accused has been arrested,” said the police officer, reported HT.
A case has been registered by Kempegowda Airport Police against the accused under Section 75 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The accused has been arrested and an investigation is underway.
