73-Year-Old Indian National In Singapore Charged For Molesting Four Women On Flight

<p><strong>Singapore, Nov 25 (PTI):</strong> A 73-year-old Indian national was charged in a Singapore court on Monday for allegedly molesting four women while on board a Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight from the US to Singapore.</p> <p>Balasubramanian Ramesh is accused of molesting one of the women four times and is said to have targeted the three others once each on the flight on November 18.</p> <p>He was handed seven molestation charges in a district court on Monday, The Straits Times reported.</p> <p>Court documents do not disclose if the women were the carrier&rsquo;s passengers or crew, and they cannot be named due to a gag order to protect their identities.</p> <p>Balasubramanian is accused of molesting the first alleged victim at around 3:15 am and his second alleged victim about five minutes later during the flight. He allegedly molested the second woman three more times between 3:30 am and 6 am.</p> <p>He is also said to have outraged the modesty of a third woman at around 9:30 am and allegedly molested the fourth woman at around 5:30 pm.</p> <p>He is expected to plead guilty on December 13, according to the Singapore daily.</p> <p>For each count of molestation, an offender can be jailed for up to three years, fined or caned, or receive any combination of such punishments.</p> <p>However, Balasubramanian cannot be caned as he is over 50 years old.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ | <a title="" href="https://ift.tt/YQVhzAm" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-toggle="tooltip" data-html="true" data-original-title="Story ID: 1727674" aria-describedby="tooltip715485"> Hoax Caller Who Issued 'Bomb Threats' To Airlines, Banks Arrested In Nagpur</a></strong></p> <p><em><strong>(This report has been published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. Apart from the headline, no editing has been done in the copy by ABP Live.)</strong></em></p>

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