Key Takeaways

• He was arrested and sent to Central Jail in Parappana Agrahara on Tuesday.
• The accused, Mohammed Affann Ahmed, 25, from Kammanahalli, is not authorised to conduct frisking.

Key Development 1

NewsCity Newsbengaluru News‘Touched, hugged, thanked’: Air India staffer groped South Korean woman during frisking at Bengaluru airport; arrestedTrendingNoida accidentKarnataka DGPGurgaon DoctorMumbai accidentDelhi AQIToday weatherNoida accidentKarnataka DGPGurgaon DoctorMumbai accidentDelhi AQIToday weatherNoida accidentKarnataka DGPGurgaon DoctorMumbai accidentDelhi AQIToday weather‘Touched, hugged, thanked’: Air India staffer groped South Korean woman during frisking at Bengaluru airport; arrestedTNN / Updated: Jan 22, 2026, 06:00 ISTCommentsShareAA+Text SizeSmallMediumLarge BENGALURU: A 32-year-old businesswoman from South Korea accused an airline ground-handling staff member of sexual harassment at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) here Monday.

In the name of "manual frisking", the accused allegedly touched her inappropriately, hugged her and thanked her.The woman, who arrived in India on a tourist visa in November, was returning to her home country when the incident took place in the international departure area of Terminal 2 of the airport.

In case of suspicion, he was required to alert immigration or CISF personnel and ensure frisking was conducted by authorised female staff.Police stated CCTV footage corroborated the woman's account.

He was arrested and sent to Central Jail in Parappana Agrahara on Tuesday.

Key Development 2

Identifying himself as airport staff, he checked her boarding pass and claimed there was an issue with her checked-in baggage.He allegedly told her that rechecking the baggage would take time and asked her to accompany him for "manual frisking".

He took her near the men's washroom, where under the guise of "manual frisking", he touched her chest multiple times, asked her to turn around, and then touched her private parts.

The accused, Mohammed Affann Ahmed, 25, from Kammanahalli, is not authorised to conduct frisking.

When she objected, he allegedly hugged her, thanked her, and asked her to leave.Following a complaint from the woman, airport officials detained Ahmed, a ground staff member of Air India SATS, and alerted the KIA police.Airport authorities clarified Ahmed had no authority to physically check passengers.

Key Development 3

as per her complaint, a man approached her around 10.45am after she had cleared Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) frisking and immigration checks.

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