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FBI Arrest Regarding Airline Passenger Assault

FBI Atlanta October 05, 2010
  • Special Agent Stephen Emmett (404) 679-6451

ATLANTA—Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Lamkin, FBI Atlanta, announces the following arrest at Sandy Springs, Georgia, which occurred on Monday, October 4, 2010.

On Monday, October 4, 2010, a passenger aboard a Delta flight from Dallas, Texas to Atlanta complained of being touched several times in an inappropriate fashion and reported this to the flight crew.

Ranchhodbhai Lakha, age 61, of Sandy Springs, Georgia, was arrested and charged via federal criminal complaint with assault and sexual assault.

Lakha appeared before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Atlanta for his initial appearance on the same date.

The public should be reminded the the above are mere allegations and that all persons are to be presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.