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A man was detained and made to de-board a Jet Airways Kolkata-to-Mumbai flight on Monday, 26 November, after a co-passenger saw him covering his face with a handkerchief and keying in a message about terrorists over a messaging app, a CISF statement said.
Co-passenger Benjamin Plackett, who was sitting behind Poddar, noticed the message and immediately alerted the flight captain, who, in turn, reported the matter to the Jet Airways Duty Manager, the statement said.
The man was then detained by security officials of Jet Airways and his bags were re-examined.
CISF provides security to airports across the nation.
The 21-year-old resident of Beliaghata area in the city has been handed over to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport police station for further investigation, the statement said.
A senior official of Airports Authority of India said the Jet Airways flight 9W 472 took off at 9:37 pm.
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