Passenger Claims Terrorist Present On Board Delhi-Goa Flight, Panic Follows
An Air India flight had a mid-air scare after a passenger claimed that terrorists were present on the plane.
The passenger on-board an Air India flight to Goa from Delhi created panic, claiming that a "terrorist" was present in the aircraft, leading the police to arrest him upon landing, a senior officer said.?
The officer, attached to the Dabolim Airport Police Station, stated that the passenger identified as Zia Ul Haq, reportedly has a history of mental illness.?
The arrested accused Zia, a resident of?Okhla in Delhi, also claimed to be an officer with the special cell of the Delhi Police. He was apprehended after the flight landed at Dabolim airport and handed over to Goa Police.??
The accused reportedly got up from his seat around 3.30 pm and started behaving strangely.??
The man was handed over to the airport police by the Central Industrial Security Force and the Air India staff, when the plane landed at the Dabolim airport, the officer said.??
The police stated that the passenger had a history of undergoing treatment at the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, New Delhi.
He was medically examined at a state-run hospital and later admitted to the Institute of Psychology and Human Behaviour near Panaji after obtaining necessary orders from a local magistrate, they said.
