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Bengaluru: Doctor booked for creating ruckus on Surat-bound flight

Bengaluru: Doctor booked for creating ruckus on Surat-bound flight

The Hindu19-06-2025
The airport police at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru have booked a 36-year-old doctor for allegedly creating a ruckus in a Surat-bound flight on Tuesday afternoon.
The accused, identified as Hiral Vyas Mohanbhai, was offloaded with the help of security and handed over to the police. Based on the airline staff's complaint, the police have charged Hiral under the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation Act, 1982, and Sections 351 (criminal intimidation) and 353 (conduct to public mischief) of BNS.
According to the complaint, the accused boarded Air India flight No IX2749, kept the luggage in the first row, and went to sit in a seat in a different row. When the cabin crew asked about it, she allegedly started arguing and misbehaving, creating a ruckus. The accused even threatened to 'crash the flight,' creating panic among the passengers.
The matter was brought to the notice of the captain, who alerted the security. The security rushed to the flight, deboarded her and handed over to the police.
In another incident, the police arrested a 22-year-old private firm employee for trying to enter the airport from the departure gate to board a domestic flight on Wednesday night.
The accused Sadaad Mohammed Baba from Srinagar has been booked under Sections 133 (assault or use of criminal force with the intent to dishonor a person, excluding cases of grave and sudden provocation), 221 (obstructing a public servant in the discharge of their duties ) and 329 (criminal trespass) of BNS.
According to the police, Baba wanted to board an Indigo domestic flight to Srinagar and allegedly tried to enter from the wrong side. He allegedly manhandled Niranjan Singh and Velliswamy, the CISF security personnel, when they stopped him and went inside the airport. The accused was later overpowered by other staff and security personnel and handed over to the police.
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