Passenger charged with sexually assaulting woman sat next to him on flight to Australia

NewsWorldWorld - CrimePassenger charged with sexually assaulting woman sat next to him on flight to AustraliaSuspect, 52, is accused of assaulting fellow passenger on flight from Singapore to Perth Alisha Rahaman Sarkar Wednesday 15 April 2026 11:13 BSTBookmarkBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":false,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2957904","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/crime/perth-singapore-scoot-flight-abuse-sudhir-kumar-chahuan-b2957904.html","title":"Passenger charged with sexually assaulting woman sat next to him on flight to Perth"}}CloseRelated: Woman wakes up to being sexually assaulted on flightFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_Breaking_Newsletter","regTitle":"Breaking News","subscriptionGroup":"breaking_news","subscriptionGroupId":"ea81aa66-1d12-4313-9b4e-6f20b0117b8f","type":"breaking_news","pathPrefix":["/news/uk/crime","/news/world","/topic/race","/topic/racism","/topic/race-and-ethnicity","/topic/diversity","/topic/ethnic-minorities","/topic/muslim","/topic/black","/topic/black-british","/topic/african-americans","/topic/systemic-racism","/topic/bame"],"title":"For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails","mobileTitle":"Sign up to our free breaking news emails","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/breakingNews1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveIndyBreakin...