Indian man jailed in U.S. for groping woman in flight

October 25, 2014 09:32 am | Updated May 23, 2016 04:57 pm IST - Washington

A 62-year-old Indian man has been sentenced to eight months in jail by a US court for groping a woman seated next to him aboard a flight from Houston to Newark in March this year.

Devender Singh, who lives in Louisiana, had in September pleaded guilty before District Judge Stanley R Chesler in Newark to an information charging him with abusive sexual contact.

In addition to the prison term, Judge Chesler sentenced Singh to serve two years of supervised release and required him to register as a sex offender.

According to court documents, Singh was seated next to a woman, who occupied a window seat on a United Airlines flight from Houston to Newark. While the plane was in the air, the woman fell asleep. She awoke to find Singh kissing her face with his hand inside her shirt.

After pushing Singh off her and telling him to get away, the woman went to the back of the plane and told a flight crew member what had happened, asking that the police be present when the plane landed, the Department of Justice said.

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