Air India urination row: accused Shankar Mishra arrested from Bengaluru

Delhi Police has arrested from Bengaluru the man who allegedly urinated on a woman co-passenger on an Air India flight, officials said on Saturday.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Airport) Ravi Kumar Singh said, "Accused Shankar Mishra in IGIA case has been arrested from Bengaluru by a Delhi Police team. He has been brought to Delhi and further investigation into the case is in progress."

Mishra allegedly urinated on the woman, a senior citizen, in an inebriated condition in the business class of the Air India flight from New York to Delhi on November 26 last year.

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Delhi Police registered an FIR against Mishra on January 4 on a complaint given by the woman to Air India.

The Bengaluru police on Saturday confirmed the arrest of Shankar Mishra who held a top post in the US financial services company Wells Fargo. He had been holed up in Bengaluru ever since a lookout circular was issued.

"We assisted the Delhi police in picking him up. He has been picked up but we don't know whether he has been formally arrested," a top police officer told PTI.

The officer said Mishra was held from the Sanjay Nagar area.