( CNN ) -- A Georgia man was sentenced to six months in federal prison on charges of sexually assaulting a sleeping passenger during a flight from Dallas to Atlanta , federal authorities said Tuesday . FBI agents arrested Ranchhodbhai Lakha of Alpharetta , Georgia , on October 4 , 2010 , after a 20-year-old woman filed a complaint about being inappropriately touched on the Delta flight . According to the federal indictment , the woman said she awoke during the trip to discover the 61-year-old former hotel owner touching her below the waist . She removed his hand and told him to stop , documents said . Lakha responded by asking her , `` Is that OK -- you do n't like that ? '' according to the complaint . The woman said no and recoiled her body to protect herself , but Lakha reached down and touched her again , the indictment alleged . After the woman got up and reported the assault to a flight attendant , authorities arrested Lakha on a federal criminal complaint of sexual assault . `` This defendant thought he could get away with taking advantage of a defenseless , sleeping passenger sitting next to him . He was wrong . He will now serve time in a federal prison , '' U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said Tuesday . Lakha pleaded guilty to a charge of abusive sexual contact on June 29 , 2011 . In addition to serving six months in prison , he must serve one year of supervised release , and was fined $ 5,000 . Lakha also is required to register as a sex offender .
Georgia man convicted of sexual assault of sleeping passenger . Man was sentenced to life in prison for the attack on a woman who had been traveling with her husband and two children from their home near Atlanta. He touched her below the waist again after she complained , she says .