Passenger creates panic on Delhi-Goa flight, yells ‘there are terrorists’
A passenger created a panic on- board Air India's Delhi-Goa flight when he claimed the presence of a ‘terrorist’ in the aircraft on Thursday, which lead police to arrest him on landing.
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The officer attached to the Dabolim Airport Police Station said that the passenger, Zia Ul Haq (30), said to be mentally unsound, was arrested after the flight landed.
The accused claimed himself to be an officer of "Special Cell" and informed passengers about the presence of a "terrorist" on-board, creating panic among travellers and giving some anxious moments to the in-flight AI staff, he added.
He was medically examined at a state-run hospital and later admitted to the Institute of Psychology and Human Behavior near Panaji after obtaining necessary orders from a local magistrate, they said.
-PTC News
