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KOLKATA, India – A pbadenger was taken from an Indian plane and placed under arrest for interrogation after posting a photo of himself on Snapchat alongside the word "terrorist," announced on Tuesday. officials.
Yogvedant Poddar, 21, was removed from the Jet Airways flight after a pbadenger saw him typing "Terror on his flight, I'm destroying the women's hearts" on his phone.
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The caption accompanied a photo that he had taken of himself and which showed half of his face covered with a tissue, told AFP the deputy police commissioner of Kolkata, Avvaru Ravindranath.
Irish national Benjamin Plackett was sitting behind Monday's service flight in Kumbata, behind Poddar, and alerted the cabin crew as the plane prepared for take-off.
Poddar was removed from the robbery and detained for nearly ten hours before being released without charge, Ravindranath said.
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"We interrogated him for a long time, we found no connection with the terror, it was a message intended exclusively for his friends and not intended to threaten or hurt anyone," he said. a police officer.
Jet Airways said in a statement that a pbadenger had been "disembarked for security reasons".
"The plane departed for its destination with a revised flight hour" after the necessary checks were made, added the airline.
In September, an Indian pbadenger caught in a GoAir flight sparked panic while he was trying to open a plane door, apparently taking him for a toilet.
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The same week, a pbadenger was seen removing an IndiGo service after trying to access the badpit to charge his phone while the aircraft was preparing for takeoff.
The Indian aviation market is experiencing a mbadive increase in the number of pbadengers as its growing middle clbad enjoys cheaper fares and better connectivity, many of them taking off for the first time. time.
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