Man who mistook jet’s cockpit for loo released

A passenger who was detained after he apparently tried to punch in a code to open the cockpit door of a Bengaluru-Varanasi flight was released along with this eight travel companions after a background verification by central intelligence agencies and UP Police cleared them, a police officer said on Tuesday.

“They were sent to a hotel on Monday night and were guarded by police officers until the (verification) process was complete. This afternoon, they have been released formally. No case has been registered,” a police officer from the Gomti range, under which Varanasi falls, said.