"He Hadn't Slept, Blackmail Angle Possible": Father Of 'Pee-Gate' Accused
NDTV
The 34-year-old Shankar Mishra, who has been sacked by his company, is missing and a lookout notice or an airport alert has been put out for him as the police search for him.
Father of the Mumbai man, wanted by the police for urinating on an elderly woman on an Air India flight in November, today said his son hadn't slept for two days and termed the case against him a lie. He also hinted at a possible blackmail angle.
The 34-year-old Shankar Mishra, who has been sacked by his company, is missing and a lookout notice or an airport alert has been put out for him as the police search for him.
"She (woman who was peed upon) had demanded some payment and it was paid as well. I don't know what happened after that. There must have been some demand of hers that may not have been fulfilled that got her angry or hurt her ego. Quite possible this is being done to blackmail him," said Shankar Mishra's lawyer father Shyam Mishra.
On November 26, Shankar Mishra, allegedly drunk, unzipped and urinated on a 72-year-old woman. He was allowed to leave without any action. Air India filed a police complaint only on January 4. The airline defended the delay, saying it had believed the woman and the offender had "settled the matter".
