Indian police arrested a man whose
stinky socks caused a showdown on a bus as his fellow passengers protested the
pungent odour, an officer has said.
The man removed his shoes and socks on a bus
going from the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh to New Delhi and put them
near the aisle, police said.Other passengers protested and asked the man
to put away the offending socks or throw them out.
The man refused, sparking a heated
confrontation that forced the bus driver to stop at a police station in Una
district of Himachal Pradesh.
Una police chief Sanjeev Gandhi told AFP the
bus stopped several times because of the smelly chaos before they came to the
police station.
“He was arrested on charges of causing public
nuisance and later released on bail,” Gandhi said.
Gandhi said the accused had threatened other
passengers and caused a disturbance at the police station.
The man in turn filed a complaint against his
fellow passengers and the bus crew for harassment and insisted his socks did
not smell, the officer said.
He left the area in another bus a day later,
police said.
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