Paramedical staff member held for lewd comments

The domestic airport police arrested a 32-year-old airport paramedical staff member late on Thursday for allegedly passing lewd comments at a female security officer of the airport.

Zobe Zala, the accused, was released on bail on Saturday. According to airport sources, the incident took place in the late hours of Thursday night at the domestic airport terminal of the city airport. A female official of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), the government security agency which is deployed at airport, was making her rounds. When she approached the Medical Inspection Room of the domestic airport near T1C gate, Zala, posted as an assistant medical staff member, allegedly started passing lewd comments at her.

According to airport sources, Zala told the official he is in love with her and would do anything for her. Immediately after this two officials from CISF, including a female officer, along with the victim approached the domestic airport police station and filed a complaint.

According to police sources Zala was booked under section, 509 (Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman.) of the IPC and he was nabbed from the medical inspection room. Officials are presently checking the CCTV footage of the area to check what happened at the spot and are also checking the records of Zala. Offences under section 509 of IPC get a punishment of simple imprisonment for a term that may extend to one year, or fine, or both, informed a senior police official.