Thiruvananthapuram: Amidst a minor political protest, the city police on Thursday recorded the statements of six air-passengers whose behaviour had impelled the captain of an Air India Express flight that landed here from Abu Dhabi on Friday last to transmit a “hijack alert” to the international airport’s air traffic control (ATC) tower.
The police had earlier issued notices to Abdul Khadar Rasheed of Malappuram; and Augustine Joseph, Thomson Jose Arackal, A. Abdul Khadar, Sivan Manoj and Syed Muhammad Ashraf, all from Kochi; to appear before them.
They arrived at the Valiathura police station at 12.10 p.m. along with K.V. Abdul Khadar, Communist Party of India (Marxist) legislator from Guruvayur.
The MLA enquired whether the air-passengers would be arrested. The police said the investigation was in a preliminary stage and they could only decide later whether arrest was required in the case.
The MLA staged a “sit-in” on the steps of the police station. He left the station along with the passengers at around 2 p.m.
The police said the air-passengers denied that they had entered the cockpit.
26/10/12 The Hindu
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The police had earlier issued notices to Abdul Khadar Rasheed of Malappuram; and Augustine Joseph, Thomson Jose Arackal, A. Abdul Khadar, Sivan Manoj and Syed Muhammad Ashraf, all from Kochi; to appear before them.
They arrived at the Valiathura police station at 12.10 p.m. along with K.V. Abdul Khadar, Communist Party of India (Marxist) legislator from Guruvayur.
The MLA enquired whether the air-passengers would be arrested. The police said the investigation was in a preliminary stage and they could only decide later whether arrest was required in the case.
The MLA staged a “sit-in” on the steps of the police station. He left the station along with the passengers at around 2 p.m.
The police said the air-passengers denied that they had entered the cockpit.
26/10/12 The Hindu
