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| Shameer was heard saying in Malayalam how ISIS was killing innocents without understanding the true meaning of religion (video below) |
July 29, 2016, NewsCrunch
A passenger on board Kochi-bound Indigo flight 6E 89 from Dubai was offloaded on Thursday after turned violent and shouted slogans against the IS.
Initial reports said the man, C Shameer, 33, had raised pro-ISIS slogans triggering a terror scare.
Shameer, a native of Kannur, got up suddenly and tried to accost an airhostess. He hit a few fellow passengers, who tried to stop him, and reportedly even tried to get into the cockpit.
He was heard saying in Malayalam how ISIS was killing innocents without understanding the true meaning of religion.
His brother told passengers that Shameer was mentally unstable and was being taken to Kerala for treatment.
The captain made an emergency landing at Mumbai where CISF personnel took custody of Shameer.
Officials from Mumbai police, ATS and IB interrogated the brothers and let them go without filing charges.
The video below carries footage of the incident involving Shameer aboard Indigo flight 6E 89 and was shot by a fellow passengers.