British tourist named Fergus MacLeod was traumatized to death after being jailed in India just for leading to satellite phone. What’s the story like?
Fergus recounted his bad experience and left a deep and traumatic mark after he was suddenly arrested by the Indian police. He was held and jailed for a week.
The story begins when Fergus goes on a yoga vacation in the Uttarakhand region near the Himalayas. The 62-year-old man was completely unaware of the transport satellite phone in the area can be very fatal.
Fergus bought satellite phone is legally in his home country, the UK. You bought a phone because your vacation spot is known as an area with poor telephone signal.
With satellite phone At that moment he hoped to be able to contact his family and closest people even if the signal was difficult there. When he took the phone to India, Fergus didn’t encounter any problems.
Twice he escaped to the airport through security checks to Uttarakhand. But when Fergus arrived at the hotel, he turned on his satellite phone. That’s where the disaster began.
Once turned on, the satellite phone triggers a local police alert. The use of satellite phones is apparently strictly prohibited in India. Satellite phone itself is strictly prohibited by the Indian government after being used by terrorists in the Mumbai incident in 2008 ago.
Fergus was immediately arrested by the Indian police and thrown in prison. He was detained from July 12 to July 18 last. Fergus was released after his friend paid bail and paid money as a fine.
Although he was treated well while in prison, one of the senior officials of the Saudi oil company Aramco said he was very traumatized. He called Indian prisons a very scary place.
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