Shankar Mishra, accused of urinating on a female co-passenger on an Air India flight from New York, had reportedly paid the woman Rs 15,000 as compensation and got her belongings cleaned, his lawyers claimed on Friday. However, messages between the accused and the woman’s daughter show that the family had returned the money.

Meanwhile, Mishra’s father defended him, saying that the case against his son is “false”. Shyam Mishra instructed reporters that the case was “completely false” and that his son hadn’t slept for 30-35 hours before his flight from New York. “He might have taken a drink on the flight and slept,” he mentioned, as per ANI.

In a stunning incident, Mishra, in an inebriated situation, allegedly urinated on his feminine co-passenger, a senior citizen in her seventies, in the enterprise class of an Air India New York-Delhi flight on November 26 final yr.

Latest updates:

• Mishra’s legal professionals declare that he had paid Rs 15,000 as compensation to the girl. In a press release issued via his legal professionals Ishanee Sharma and Akshat Bajpai, Mishra mentioned he had acquired the girl’s garments and luggage cleaned on November 28 and the identical have been delivered to her on November 30.
• The girl had displayed no intention to lodge a criticism, Mishra’s legal professionals mentioned. “The woman in her message has clearly condoned the alleged act and has displayed no intention to lodge a criticism. The woman’s persisting grievance was solely with respect to the ample compensation being paid by the Airline for which she has raised a subsequent criticism on December 20, 2022,” the statement read.
• The money was returned by the woman’s daughter on December 19. A message of December 19 purportedly sent by the woman’s daughter says she was traumatized by her experience and that the family was very “upset, outraged and angry”. It says the household didn’t need his cash which might be returned through Paytm. The girl’s daughter requested Mishra not to talk along with her mom any additional. There can also be connected a screenshot of the transaction returning the cash.
• He had not slept for 30-35 hours, his father mentioned, claiming the case was “false”. “I don’t think he would have done it. The lady was 72 years old, she is like his mother. He is a 34-year-old man. How can he do it? He is married and has an 18-year-old daughter,” he mentioned.
• Mishra sacked by Wells Fargo. Shankar Mishra, who was the vice-president of the India Chapter of an American multinational monetary companies agency Wells Fargo was sacked as the firm mentioned that the allegations towards Mishra have been “deeply disturbing”.
• Mishra is currently absconding. A four-member Delhi police team on Friday afternoon landed in Mumbai in search of Mishra. Earlier today, the Police interrogated 2 people in Mumbai in connection to the case. As per news agency ANI sources, the last location of the accused passenger was traced to Bengaluru and he is being searched using technical surveillance.

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