Flyer heard saying ‘hijack’ on mobile at airport, held

Mumbai: In the ninth case involving an unruly flyer in the city so far this year, a 22-year-old passenger was deboarded from a Mumbai-Delhi flight on Thursday evening and arrested after he triggered panic by allegedly using the word “hijacking” in a phone conversation.

Ritesh Juneja, a Class XII passout from Haryana who had come to the city for a job interview, got bail on Friday. His lawyers claimed he was implicated after getting into a fracas with the crew over storing luggage. Around 6.30pm on Thursday, passengers were boarding a Vistara flight. Suddenly, passengers went into a tizzy after some allegedly heard Juneja talking about “hijacking”.