The father of Shankar Mishra, who allegedly urinated on an elderly female co-passenger onboard an Air India flight from New York to Delhi, on Friday claimed that the charges against his son are "completely false".
"This is completely a false case. My son hadn't slept for 30-35 hrs. After dinner, he might've consumed the drink given by crew & then slept. From what I understand,he was questioned by airline staff after he woke up," ANI News Agency quoted Mishra as saying.
He further claimed that his son cannot do such a thing, and that the victim might have been upset because some of her demands were not met.
"I don't think he would do it. She (the victim) is a 72-year-old woman, she is like his mother. He (the accused, his son) is a 34-year-old man. How can he do it? He is married and has an 18-year-old daughter."
"She (victim) had demanded payment and it was made. Don't know what happened next. Must've demanded something that perhaps wasn't met that upset her. Perhaps there was blackmailing, there must be something," Mishra's father said.
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