'Sadhu' triggers bomb scare on Jet flight

 
The passenger V R K Singh, who was dressed as a sadhu, got into an argument with a foreign national who objected to his talking to his wife.

“Chup raho. Nahi to bomb phat jayeja (Shut up or the bomb will explode),” Singh, 52, was quoted as having told the couple who immediately complained to the crew.

On questioning at the airport, the sadhu claimed that he had only asked the couple not to quarrel with him and had not made any mention of a bomb.

After extensive checking of the aircraft, the flight Boeing 737-9W723 (Delhi-Varanasi-Khajurao), which landed here at 12:45 pm, left for Khajurao at 5 pm, nearly four hours behind the schedule.