India, Dec. 31 -- Delhi Police have arrested an Air India Express pilot, Captain Virender Sejwal, accused of assaulting a passenger at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport earlier this month.

Police said he was arrested on Monday night, hours after being detained, and then released as the sections under which he had been booked are bailable offences.

Police said that, after due enquiry, Sejwal was detained Monday evening and later arrested after interrogation. An investigator said, "He was questioned at length about the incident and the footage we had received. He has said he was off duty that time and was travelling to Bangalore. We have taken action as per technical and medical evidence."

Police have also collected all t...