A 35-year-old Kanpur-based businessman was offloaded and arrested from a IndiGo plane after he allegedly created nuisance in an inebriated state at the IGI airport in New Delhi, police said on Monday.

The incident happened on Sunday when Mahesh Mishra created nuisance in an inebriated state in the Indore-bound flight.

b’File photo of IndiGo aircraft | PTI’

Airline’s security manager called up police and reported the matter.

Mishra, who owns a furniture business, was offloaded from the plane and handed over to police, who arrested him under relevant sections of law and later granted bail, a senior official said.

(Feature image source: AFP)