India, April 16 -- A 52-year-old Indian man has been arrested and charged after he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman sitting next to him on a flight to Australia, the Australian Federal Police said.

The man, identified by the West Australian newspaper as Sudhir Kumar Chahuan was on a Scoot Airlines flight from Singapore to Perth on Monday when the alleged incident happened. Police said, Chauhan, who is Indian, committed "non-consensual sexual acts" during the flight, according to The New York Post.

The woman informed the cabin crew about him, and they moved her to another seat. Airline staff then kept an eye on the man for the rest of the journey and informed authorities before landing. The flight took off from Singapore at around 3a...