A man was arrested after he molested a female passenger on an American Airlines flight on Thursday. The man fondled the woman's breasts as she was sleeping.
The FBI arrested Saurabh Agarwal, 39, of Sterling, Virginia, on Thursday after he was accused to putting his hand down the bra of a female passenger. She has been identified as R.C.L, the Daily Mail reports.
The woman was sitting in a window seat and the man was sitting next to her on an AA flight from Miami to Ronald Regan Washington National Airport in Arlington. The man is accused of also touching the leg of a woman sitting on his other side.
According to the FBI, Agarwal spoke to the woman and said "she seemed tired" as she sat down on the flight. He also asked her if she had a long day.
When the woman fell asleep, she woke up to Agarwal "hugging her body, with his hand inside her bra, fondling her breast."
The woman said she was scared so she continued to pretend she was asleep. She said the man "squeezed her body tighter" and "squeezed her nipple."
Agarwal stopped groping her when the refreshment cart came by because he ordered two scotched but he resumed soon after. He also leaned up against her and "pressed his legs up against R.C.L.'s legs."
The woman eventually got up, saying she had to use the restroom and she told the flight crew about the incident.
A witness on the plane said she also saw Agarwal "hugging' her, 'smelling her, and putting his hand in her shirt." The witness thought they were traveling together and she was bothered by the behavior.
Agarwal then touched the leg of this witness as he pretended to drop his drink. This woman got up and went to speak to the flight crew. She saw R.C.L crying and then realized that the "defendant and R.C.L. did not know one another.
After the women reported Agarwal, federal air marshals detained him. He was charged with abusive sexual contact and is being helf in jail. He is set to have a detention hearing on Friday in the U.S. District Court in Alexandria and he may face up to two years in prison.
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