Man found guilty of molesting former Bollywood actress on flight sentenced for three years

41-year-old businessman, Vikas Sachdev has been sentenced to three years in prison for molesting a former Bollywood actress on a flight in 2017, as confirmed by a news ncy. Convicted by Special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court under child protection laws, Sachdev was accused of moving his foot up and down actress' neck and back a multiple times, while she was 'half-asleep'. former Bollywood actress in question at that time was just 17 years old. 

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In 2017, former actress had documented entire incident on Instagram, which soon went viral. In post, she claimed that on a flight from Delhi to Mumbai, Sachdev kept nudging her shoulder and continued to move his foot up and down her back & neck. In w-deleted Instagram post, she claimed to have blamed turbulence first while being half asleep, but she was later woken up by a foot touching her neck. 

police arrested Sachdev after he was reportedly identified with help from airline. former Bollywood actress had also alleged that airline did thing to help her when she raised issue, but airline had denied charge and said that y have 'zero tolerance for such behavior'. 

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