British Indian student, whose 'Taliban' joke to blow up flight landed him in trial, acquitted
World | Jan 27, 2024, 04:23 PM ISTVerma was 18-years-old in 2022 when he joked to his friends, "On my way to blow up the plane. I'm a member of the Taliban". The message was picked up by the UK security services, who passed it on to Spanish authorities who sent two fighter jets to flank the plane.