Malayalam actress alleges harassment onboard flight, lodges plaint
Kochi: A Malayalam film actress has lodged a complaint with the police alleging harassment by a male passenger on board an Air India flight bound for Kochi.
The incident allegedly occurred on Tuesday during the flight from Mumbai.
Taking to her social media platform on Tuesday night, the actress alleged that the fellow passenger in question was 'inebriated and disruptive'.
In an Instagram post detailing the 'disturbing incident', she also charged that the response from the airline's ground office and the flight crew was 'disappointing.'
Despite reporting to the air hostess, the only action taken was relocating her to another seat, just before the takeoff, the woman rued.
After landing at the airport here, the issue was reported to the airport and airline authorities, who redirected her to the police aid post there, she explained.
On her Instagram page, she also shared a copy of a complaint lodged with the local police via email in this regard.
She recollected how the intoxicated passenger had occupied her seat and engaged in a heated argument. She also accused him of 'misbehaving, including inappropriate physical contact'.
"I promptly reported the matter to the Air hostess on the flight. However, the only action taken was my relocation to a middle seat three, four rows ahead. Unfortunately, no measures were implemented against the harasser," the woman said.
Meanwhile, Nedumbassery police on Wednesday said they received an email from her requesting to consider it as her formal complaint.
"We are looking into the matter. We are trying to contact her to collect more details regarding the incident. However, we are yet to get her on the phone," an officer told PTI.
No case has been registered so far, and further actions will be decided after contacting her, he added.
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MP cruise boat tragedy: Death toll rises to nine; search ops continue at Bargi Dam
Jabalpur (PTI): The death toll in the Bargi Dam tragedy rose to nine on Friday, as rescuers recovered the bodies of five more persons who were on the cruise boat that overturned in the reservoir in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur.
Talking to PTI Videos, Madhya Pradesh Tourism Minister Dharmendra Bhav Singh Lodhi said, "Four bodies were recovered on Thursday, while five were found in the early hours during the rescue operation, taking the toll to nine."
As many as 22 people have been rescued so far, he said.
The minister said that a thorough probe will be conducted, and the issue of life jackets, raised by one of the survivors, will also be investigated.
The rescue operation is underway in full swing to trace the missing persons, Lodhi said.
A cruise boat with 29 passengers and two crew members onboard overturned in the Bargi Dam after encountering a sudden storm on Thursday evening, officials said.
The Bargi Dam is constructed on the Narmada River in Jabalpur district.
A search and rescue operation for the missing passengers continued overnight with teams from the Army, NDRF and SDRF joining in, State PWD Minister Rakesh Singh said.
Hydraulic cranes are being used to pull out the cruise boat from the water body, he said.
According to eyewitnesses, strong winds made the water choppy, prompting many on board to raise an alarm and ask the crew to steer the boat back to the banks.
However, the crew was unable to hear these shouts, and the boat drifted and then overturned, they said, adding that some locals rescued a few passengers wearing life jackets with the help of a rope.
