Man, who peed on female co-passenger on Air India flight, arrested

A look out notice or airport alert was put out to track down accused Shankar Mishra, who was on the run.

Though he kept his mobile phone in the switch-off mode, Mishra's usage of social media accounts gave police the lead to trace him.

On a New York-New Delhi flight on Nov 26, Mishra allegedly unzipped his pants, urinated on the elderly passenger, who was travelling in the business class.

Later, Mishra had begged the woman to not report him to the police saying that would leave an impact on his family.

Air India, which filed a police complaint only this week, banned Mishra from flying for 30 days.

The Air India action had triggered outrage with a section of social media users feeling the punishment was not enough.

In her complaint, the accused also stated she was "stunned" to see the crew bringing Mishra to her allowing the man to apologise.

The crew was "deeply unprofessional"in handling the situation, the accused alleged.

Mishra's lawyers claimed he had cleaned the woman's belongings, paid Rs. 15,000 as compensation which her daughter returned a month later.

The incident had cost the accused, who used to work for an American company, his job.