The travel companion declined Kunam’s offer and alerted a flight crew member about what had occurred, the complaint said. A 58-year-old Indian national has been charged with sexually abusing a sleeping woman passenger aboard a flight from Los Angeles to New Jersey. She alerted her male travel companion who traded seats with the victim and confronted Kunam. — PTISpecial Correspondent from Visakhapatnam adds: Kunam is the head of a seafood exporting company in Visakhapatnam - Sandhya Aqua Exports Pvt. Veerabhadrarao Kunam of Visakhapatnam was arrested by the FBI on July 30— the day his flight arrived in Newark— and taken into federal custody.

Source: The Hindu August 03, 2016 00:39 UTC