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Doc arrested after causing chaos on flight, threatening to crash it
Bengaluru: A 36-year-old doctor was arrested on Tuesday after she created ruckus aboard an Air India flight from Bengaluru to Surat and allegedly threatened to crash the aircraft when cabin crew objected to her placing baggage in a restricted area near the crew cabin.
The incident delayed the flight by two hours and led to a security scare. The accused, identified as Vyas Hiral Mohanbhai, from Shivanahalli near Yelahanka, was travelling alone on Air India Flight IX2749 with two pieces of baggage.
According to police, the Ayurvedic doctor bypassed the check-in counter, insisting on carrying both bags on board. The situation escalated after Mohanbhai boarded the flight and left one of her bags near the crew cabin while taking the other to her seat, 20F.
When the cabin crew asked her to keep the bag in the overhead compartment near her seat, she refused and insisted they keep it with them. Despite repeated requests by the crew and later the captain, Mohanbhai refused to comply and began abusing the staff.
The confrontation soon involved fellow passengers, who also tried to reason with her, but she reportedly shouted at them and continued her tirade. At one point, she allegedly threatened to crash the flight if the crew moved her baggage.
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With the situation spiralling, the captain alerted security and called CISF personnel, who boarded the aircraft and offloaded her.
The incident took place between 2.45pm and 5.30pm, according to a complaint filed by Agnimitra Bahinipati, associate manager of security at Kempegowda International Airport, with the KIA police.
Police said Mohanbhai did not stop there. Once taken to the KIA police station, she continued to abuse and manhandle police officers, creating further disturbance.
"This was the first time we heard such abusive language in the station," a senior officer claimed.
Mohanbhai was arrested and booked under section 3A of the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Civil Aviation Act, 1982, which carries a punishment of life imprisonment and sections 351 (criminal intimidation) and 353 (statements conducing to public mischief) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). She has been remanded in judicial custody.
Her husband, who works in an educational institution in the city and hails from Odisha, appeared before police. He informed them that Mohanbhai had stopped practising medicine and was en route to Gujarat to visit her family.
He reportedly told police she had created disturbances in public spaces in the past. Police are now verifying her background and previous incidents.
