News and reality

I saw this on rediff and I think is a perfect example of what actually happens and what comes out to public.
I am not sure whether the comment is true but it looks like it is a strong possibility.

News: Sky marshal held for sexual abuse on flight

Amid high drama, a sky marshal has been arrested for allegedly trying to sexually harass a woman passenger on a Srinagar-New Delhi Air Deccan flight which had, among others, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and his wife Shamima Azad on board.

Krishen Kumar was taken into custody on Friday after the passenger complained that the marshal had passed obscene comments and attempted to molest her moments before take-off at the high-security Srinagar airport.

The arrested sky marshal, according to sources, originally belongs to the elite National Security Guards. Sources said other passengers rose in support of the woman and tried to manhandle the sky marshal, and the chief minister ordered his arrest before disembarking from the flight to board another flight to New Delhi.

The pilot of the flight, scheduled to depart at 12.45 pm, later refused to fly the aircraft in the sky marshal's absence.

"We have arrested the sky marshal and a criminal case has been registered against him," said Ashiq Hussain Bukhari, senior superintendent of police, central Budgam district.

Armed marshals are posted on aircraft operating on the Srinagar-New Delhi route as a security measure.

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Some ladies are too obnoxious
by ratnesh srivastav on Aug 17, 2007 06:39 PM

I was on the same flight and the reality is as follows:

This lady was not following the proper directions like putting the seat belt on infact she was standing in the passage and trying to open her cabin bag to get some thing out. Even though the pilot had asked everyone to sit down and put the seat belts on as the plane was about to takoff. The marshall ordered her to sit down immediately in very strict voice (clearly he was apprehensive about the possibility of the lady being a terrorist) She ignored him and continued to search her bag.
The sky marshal pushed her on her seat (He touched her shoulders only) I am eyewitness to it. She fell down on her seat and the seat next to her were vacant and the marshal as a precautionary measure took a seat away from her but in such a way that he could still observe her. Suddenly she started shouting. and the pilot took the plane back to bay area.

I am eyewitness to whole episode and I did tell the Chief minister but I guess to gain cheap popularity in public he ordered the marshal's arrest when infact the lady should have been arrested and the marshall rewarded for his alertness.

Poor chap I pity him. He should know that doing duty in our country is a bigger risk than not doing it.