Techie gets 9-yr jail for sexual assault in plane
Washington, December 14
A 35-year-old Indian IT professional was sentenced in the US to nine years in prison for a “brazen sexual assault” against a sleeping woman during a flight early this year and will be deported to India after the completion of his jail term. The incident happened on a night-time Spirit Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Detroit in January.
Prabhu Ramamoorthy, who came to the US on an H-1B visa in 2015, will be deported after he serves his sentence, a federal court in Detroit said. Ramamoorthy, who hails from Tamil Nadu, was convicted in August after a five-day trial. According to the evidence presented at the trial, on January 3, Ramamoorthy had engaged in a sexual act with a female, while she was sleeping on a flight from Las Vegas to Detroit. Ramamoorthy was seated along with his wife when he assaulted his co-passenger.
During the trial, the government admitted evidence demonstrating Ramamoorthy digitally penetrated the 22-year-old model. The sexual assault woke her up, she found her pants unbuttoned and unzipped, and sought help from the flight attendants. The victim sat paralysed in disbelief, and texted her boyfriend. — PTI
