60-year-old pilot who allegedly raped co-worker given anticipatory bail by Bengaluru court
The pilot claimed during the probe that it was a consensual incident. The victim reportedly denied it, and police are now trying to reconstruct the crime sequence using CCTV footage from various places.
New Delhi: A Bengaluru sessions court has given a 60-year-old private jet pilot conditional anticipatory bail on Friday over an accusation that he raped a flight attendant during a layover in the city in November 2025. The 26-year-old victim said that the accused allegedly raped her at a five-star hotel on November 19.
Police booked the accused under BNS
After the alleged incident, the woman filed a complaint with the Begumpet police in Hyderabad. The police there registered a Zero First Information Report (FIR), and later it was transferred to the East Bengaluru police under whose jurisdiction the alleged rape took place. The police booked the pilot under section 64 (rape) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
Police trying to reconstruct the incident
The pilot claimed during the probe that it was a consensual incident. The victim reportedly denied it, and police are now trying to reconstruct the crime sequence using CCTV footage from various places.
How did the incident take place?
In her complaint, the victim said that on 18 November, she and two male co-pilots travelled from Hyderabad's Begumpet Airport on a special chartered flight to Bengaluru via Puttaparthi. During the layover, they checked into the same hotel for the night.
At night, the accused allegedly asked the woman co-pilot to accompany him for a smoke. She agreed, and they walked towards his hotel room. He reportedly pulled her inside when they reached near his room and raped her. After arriving at Begumpet Airport, the female pilot reported the incident to the flight management and later filed a complaint at the Begumpet police station.