Indian Doctor Faces Jail In US After Pleading Guilty To Groping A Minor On Flight

 

Vijaykumar Krishnappa, a 29-year-old Indian doctor has pleaded guilty to groping a minor girl who was sitting next to him on a New Jersey-bound United Airlines flight. According to reprots, the physician was flying from Seattle on July 23 when he allegedly assaulted a 16-year-old girl sitting next to him.

 

 

 Krishnappa appeared before a federal magistrate in Newark on Wednesday. Krishnappa admitted that while the victim was asleep, he intentionally touched her near her groin over her leggings without her consent, Acting US Attorney William E Fitzpatrick said in a statement.

 

 Under terms of a plea agreement, the Indian national will be sentenced to between 30 and 90 days in prison in January. The minor girl, who was travelling, was asleep on the flight, when a stranger's hand on her thigh awakened her.
Krishnappa, sitting next to her quickly removed his hand, and the teenager went back to sleep. Then, she woke up again - and this time, the man was groping her, the complaint said.