An Indian-origin man has been sentenced to fifteen months in jail within the United States for sexually abusing a minor boy. The man has been sentenced for participating in sexual contact on an airplane throughout a flight from Boston to Minneapolis. (Image for Representation: Reuters)A 41-year-old Indian-origin man within the US has been sentenced to fifteen months in jail for sexually abusing a minor boy seated subsequent to him on an airplane in 2019, in keeping with the Justice Department.
District Judge Nancy E. Brasel sentenced Neeraj Chopra, who’s from Minneapolis, for participating in sexual contact on an airplane throughout a flight from Boston to Minneapolis, in keeping with an announcement by the US Department of Justice on Friday.Chopra was convicted of the crime in July final 12 months following a three-day trial.According to courtroom paperwork, Chopra knowingly engaged in abusive sexual contact with a 16-year-old sufferer who was seated subsequent to him aboard a Jet Blue flight from Boston to Minneapolis in April 2019.During the flight, Chopra retrieved a blanket from his backpack and draped it over his lap, with a portion of the blanket additionally overlaying the sufferer’s proper leg.Chopra put his hand underneath the blanket and started inappropriately touching the sufferer and ignored the sufferer’s a number of requests to cease, it mentioned.ALSO READ: Former Afghan officers, others killed by Taliban, says UN reportALSO READ: Christian priest shot useless in northwestern PakistanClick right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.
