Woman arrested for assaulting officials of private airline

A 45-year-old woman was arrested from the city airport on Tuesday evening for allegedly assaulting officials of a private airline after she and her family members failed to board a flight to Bhubaneswar, police said.

Sandipa Mitra, her mother, daughter and another person were going to Bhubaneswar along with her maidservant. Police said Mitra allegedly confined the maidservant at her residence in Chetla area of the city for around two weeks and policemen reached the NSCBI Airport before they boarded the flight operated by the airlines.

The police rescued the maidservant whose family had lodged a police complaint that she was being confined by Mitra. The rescue of the woman resulted in a delay and they failed to board the plane.

This led to an altercation and Mitra allegedly assaulted women officials of the airline following which a complaint was lodged and she was arrested, police said.

There have been several cases including assault pending in various police stations of the city against Mitra, police said.