An Indian joker arrested for making a joke "terrorist on the run"

A 21-year-old man traveling on a Jet Airways flight in India was arrested while he reportedly posted a message in social media from inside the plane, claiming that he was a terrorist.

A co-passenger informed the captain of the flight to Mumbai that Yogen Poddar allegedly wrote on a social networking application, claiming that he is a "terrorist on board" on a day when the country observes the tenth anniversary of the attacks. terrorists in Mumbai.

"While he was aboard, he was chatting with his friend about the Snapchat application with a tissue on his face.He wrote:" Fleeing Terrorist, I Destroy Women's Hearts ", which has was noticed by one of the passengers on board, Mr. Benjamin Placket, sitting diagonally behind him, "said a source from the Central Industrial Security Force.

"He immediately informed the captain, the captain relayed the message to the Jet Airways service manager and the passenger was stopped by Jet Airways security," the source said.

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The pilot took the plane back to the tarmac at Kolkata airport after the incident at 8:20 am, and Poddar was taken to the police station for questioning.

"After the crew was alerted by the co-passenger, Poddar refused to show his mobile phone to the air hostess." Then, the ICFTU staff found that he had taken his place and we are now checking his background, "said a police officer at the airport under cover of anonymity.

Poddar told the police that it was only a joke.

Flight 9W472, with 160 passengers and seven crew members, took off after airport staff gave it a clearance. It was delayed by more than an hour.

– The Hindustan Times (New Delhi)