Drunk Man Detained For Urinating Outside Delhi Airport Departure Gate

NEW DELHI: A 39-year-old man has allegedly been detained by the Delhi Police for urinating on a gate in the departure area of Terminal 3 (T-3) at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI), according to officers with knowledge of the situation. They added that the suspect was intoxicated at the time of the incident.

The man, identified as Jauhar Ali Khan, a resident of Bihar, was about to board a flight to Dammam city in Saudi Arabia on January 8 when he urinated at the gate and thereafter started yelling at those standing outside the airport. According to Singh, the suspect was detained following the event and freed on a bail bond the same day.

At around 5.30 p.m., a call to the control room was made reporting that a man had urinated in public at gate number 6 in the T-3 departure area. The IGI Airport police station thereafter received a complaint from the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)," the DCP added.

The officer claimed that the man "caused a nuisance by yelling and abusing other persons in front of the departure gate while urinating in a public place amid the passengers and visitors."

When Khan was evaluated at Safdarjung hospital following his arrest, it was determined that he was intoxicated, according to the police. At the IGI Airport police station, a case was opened under sections 294 (obscene actions and songs) and 510 (misconduct in public by a drunk person) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and Khan was taken into custody. Later, according to the DCP, he was freed on a bail bond.

Two incidents of drunk passengers urinating in public on Air India flights preceded the incident on January 8.

On November 26, 2022, an Air India flight from New York to Delhi was travelling business class when a guy, later identified as Shankar Mishra, allegedly peed on a female co-passenger. The second incident happened on December 6, 2022, and it's been reported that a flyer, who has not been named, allegedly discharged himself on a female co-seat passenger's and blanket while she was using the restroom.

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