Wells Fargo VP Shankar Mishra fired for ‘urinating on passenger’ on plane; now faces charges including sexual harassment

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Wells Fargo VP Shankar Mishra fired for ‘urinating on passenger’ on plane

Shankar Mishra, who worked for Wells Fargo at its Mumbai corporate office, was identified as the executive who was terminated.

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Wells Fargo VP Shankar Mishra fired for ‘urinating on passenger’ on plane​

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Ariel Zilber


January 6, 2023 3:01pm
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Wells Fargo has terminated its vice president of operations in India after he allegedly urinated on a 72-year-old woman while they both flew business class aboard a recent Air India flight.
Shankar Mishra, who worked for Wells Fargo at its Mumbai corporate office, was identified as the executive who was terminated, according to the English-language news site of German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle.
Mishra was said to be drunk while aboard a Nov. 26 flight from New York to New Delhi.
During the flight, Mishra urinated on a 72-year-old woman who was seated next to him in business class, according to the report.
An attorney for Mishra told local media that the banking executive reached a financial settlement with the unidentified victim as compensation.
Mishra also reportedly arranged to have the woman’s clothing and bag cleaned up after it was stained with his urine.
But the woman is said to have returned the money and filed a complaint with the airline. According to the complaint, she asked flight attendants and staff to have Mishra arrested and to keep him away from her.
Wells Fargo has reportedly terminated Shankar Mishra, a Mumbai-based vice president of operations, after he allegedly urinated on a 72-year-old woman.LinkedIn via India Today
Instead, the crew “brought the offender before me against my wishes, and we were made to sit opposite each other in the crew seats,” according to the India Times.
Mishra is then reported to have sobered up. He apologized to the woman and begged her not to file a complaint.
Mishra’s tearful expression of remorse persuaded the woman not to have him arrested and charged, according to reports.
Police in New Delhi are said to be looking for Mishra, whose whereabouts are unknown, according to the newspaper the Hindu.
The Post has sought comment from Wells Fargo. The bank told Indian media outlets that the employee was fired and that the allegations were “deeply disturbing.”
The bank released a statement to local media in India saying the employee in question was terminated.AFP via Getty Images
An Air India spokesperson told The Post: “Air India has taken a very serious view of the incident, where a passenger behaved in an unacceptable and undignified manner on the New York-Delhi flight that caused extreme distress to a fellow passenger.”
“A police complaint has already been lodged and Air India is committed to assist the law enforcement agencies as well as regulatory authorities,” the airline representative said.



Last year, a 33-year-old California man was charged in federal court after allegedly asking a Southwest Airlines flight attendant if she’d like to see his penis before urinating on the cabin floor.


In June, a TikTok user posted video of a drunken man who was hauled off a plane by Greek police for allegedly urinating on his brother and provoking a mid-flight fistfight.

 

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Former Wells Fargo VP faces charges of sexual harassment, obscenity, and 'insulting the modesty' of a 72-year-old woman after officials say he drunkenly peed on her during a flight

Shankar Mishra, a former vice president at Wells Fargo in India, was arrested Saturday after a search by police and remains in judicial custody.

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Former Wells Fargo VP faces charges of sexual harassment, obscenity, and 'insulting the modesty' of a 72-year-old woman after officials say he drunkenly peed on her during a flight​

Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert

Jan 7, 2023, 7:44 PM MST

The incident occurred on a November 26 Air India flight from New York to to New Delhi. Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images

• Shankar Mishra, a former Wells Fargo VP, was arrested in India on Saturday, local outlets reported.
• Officials accused Mishra of drunkenly urinating on a 72-year-old woman on an Air India flight in November.
• After a search to locate him, Mishra now faces charges including sexual harassment for the incident.

Shankar Mishra, a former vice president for the Indian subsidiary of Wells Fargo, was arrested on Saturday after a search by police and was charged with sexual harassment, obscenity, and "insulting the modesty of a woman."

The charges are related to a November 26 incident in which Mishra drunkenly urinated on a fellow passenger, a 72-year-old woman, during an Air India flight from New York to New Delhi, police said. On Friday, Mishra was described by a senior police official as "missing," with law enforcement searching for him in the state of Karnataka, India. Local news outlet Mirror Now reported on Saturday he had been taken into judicial custody and was expected to remain there for 14 days, though he had filed a petition for bail.

In response to the incident, Air India is reconsidering its policy of serving alcoholic beverages, Mirror Now reported. Representatives for the airline did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

Wells Fargo confirmed on Friday that Mishra had been fired. A statement released by the international banking giant described the incident as "deeply disturbing."

Representatives for Wells Fargo did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.