A man who stayed at the Chicago airport for three months instead of going to his home in India from the US has been acquitted by the court. Aditya Singh was arrested in January.
Cook County Judge Adrienne Davis acquitted Aditya Singh of unauthorized entry charges. The Chicago Tribune newspaper has written that Singh’s lawyer did not even have to cross-examine for this. However, 37-year-old Aditya Singh’s coming to the court will continue.
He is also accused of violating his electronic monitoring system. It is not yet clear on what grounds Judge Davis acquitted Singh. Aditya Singh was arrested on January 16.
However, the Transportation Security Administration, which manages the Chicago airport, said they had not violated any airport rules. Did Nothing Wrong Aviation Department spokeswoman Christine Carino said after his arrest, “Mr. Singh neither violated any rules nor entered any place illegally.
He came in the same way as tens of thousands of people come every day.” Carino had said that we would not speculate about Mr. Singh’s motive. “We do not know his motive. He decided to stay in a safe area and tried his best to blend into the atmosphere as a passenger till his arrest.”
When Singh was first presented in court, Cook County Judge Suzana Ortiz was quite surprised. She then said, “So, if I understand right, you are telling me that an unauthorized person,
I want to understand it properly.” Judge Ortiz said, “The court finds these facts and circumstances astonishing for the length of time this case has been on. That he (Aditya Singh) is a threat to the community.” What is the story? Aditya Singh went to the US about six years ago. He was studying there for his master’s degree and was living in Orange, California.
In October last year, he took a flight from Los Angeles to go to India. Chicago His first stop was, but Singh never went beyond that and stayed at the airport for three months.
In January, police arrested Singh after United Airlines employees noticed he was wearing a badge, which was reported missing by an airport operations manager. Singh told the police that he stayed at the airport because he was afraid to board the plane due to the coronavirus pandemic.
He said that he remained alive for so many days only on the food received from the traveling passengers. A friend of Singh told the Chicago Tribune newspaper that they had a conversation over the message and in that conversation Singh told that he was enjoying talking to people about his Hindu and Buddhist beliefs.
In one such message, Singh wrote, “I am growing spiritually because of this experience. I know I will come out stronger.” VK/CK (AP).
