New Delhi (TIP)- Shankar Mishra, the Air India flyer who had allegedly urinated on a co-passenger while being drunk on a flight from New York to Delhi, has been arrested in Bengaluru, Delhi Police officials said. Mishra has been brought to Delhi from Bengaluru, the officials added. He had been on the run since he left his Bengaluru residence. Mishra had also switched off his mobile phone after learning about the police case against him.

After the incident of Mishra allegedly urinating on his co-passenger was reported, the Delhi Police on January 5 had issued a look out notice to the concerned authorities after filing a case of sexual harassment and obscenity against him.

According to a PTI report, the Bengaluru police assisted Delhi police in arresting Shankar Mishra from Sanjay Nagar area in city. The accused is said to have been staying in his sister’s place.

On Friday, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in an advisory asked the airlines to file a complaint anytime a passenger has been found to be unruly on board. The aviation regulator warned them of strict actions if found not complying with the regulations on flight safety.

Accused gets fired from job

Shankar Mishra, the man accused of urinating on his co-passenger on a New York-Delhi Air India flight, has been fired by his employer Wells Fargo on Friday. “Wells Fargo holds employees to the highest standards of professional and personal behavior and we find these allegations deeply disturbing. This individual has been terminated from Wells Fargo. We are cooperating with law enforcement and ask that any additional inquiries be directed to them,” the American bank said in a statement.

According to his LinkedIn profile, the accused is a management professional who graduated from Narsee Monjee Institute and went on to work with the leading American financial services company, Citi Bank for 10 years where he started as a trainee analyst and rose to the position of Vice President. In his written article of 2015, he described the job as ‘demanding’ which stretches “self beyond the normal working hours”. Recently in February 2021, he took up the role of Vice President at Wells Fargo.

A day after Delhi Police asked the authority concerned to issue a Look Out Circular (LOC), the Delhi Police has on Friday reached out to the US-based Wells Fargo company’s legal department to cooperate with investigations. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) also issued show-cause notices to Air India officials and cabin crew of the New York-Delhi flight, asking why action should not be taken against them for “dereliction” of duty while handling the November 26 ‘urination’ incident.

The aviation regulator said Air India’s conduct appeared to be “unprofessional”, and that prima facie, it seemed that provisions related to the handling of unruly passengers were not complied with.