India, June 24 -- Indian man Akash Tiwari was jailed for six months and ordered to pay compensation of $982 (about Rs.93,000) for molesting a flight attendant on a Singapore flight. Tiwari reportedly touched the Singapore Airlines crew member as his friends laughed and refused to apologise when she, along with her supervisor, confronted him.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Lynda Lee said, "She was very upset and told the accused not to touch her. Instead of apologising, he smirked. The victim was even more distressed and repeated to him not to touch her." Tiwari was on board a Singapore-bound flight from Thailand with four friends on February 9.

The harassment began when the victim approached Tiwari and his friends to confirm their meal orders...