Wells Fargo VP fired for allegedly 'urinating' on plane passenger

Banking giant Wells Fargo has fired senior executive Shankar Mishra after reports he urinated on a woman sitting next to him on an Air India flight.

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Deutsche Welle English (DW) reported that Mishra was based at the bank's headquarters in Mumbai. On a November 26 flight from New York to New Delhi, he was reportedly so drunk that he urinated on the person sitting next to him in first class, a 72-year-old woman.

DW quoted a statement from Wells Fargo regarding the layoff. The company said it “holds the highest standards of professional and personal behavior from employees, and we find these allegations deeply troubling.”

Even though Mishra's actions were arrestable offences, DW reported that New Delhi police said he was "at large". So he wasn't taken into custody after he allegedly urinated on the woman, then sobered up, cried and begged the victim not to press charges.

She reportedly called for Mishra to be arrested by airport police, but said he was instead placed in front of her after the incident in a seat on the plane. In the end, she found herself unable to pursue any further legal action after he appeared to be very remorseful for what he had done.

DW reported that India's aviation law enforcement agency had criticized Air India's handling of the incident, saying its conduct was apparently "unprofessional and led to failure systemic".

Mishra's legal representatives went so far as to provide evidence that Mishra had compensated the victim by paying for the cleaning of her clothes and luggage, presenting "WhatsApp messages between the defendant and the lady" which "clearly show that the defendant had obtained the clothing". and bags cleaned."

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