Unbelievable: Police arrest bus passenger over smelly socks

The passengers en route to Delhi lodged a complaint against 27-years-old Prakash Kumar for “causing a public nuisance.”

The police have arrested a man whose smelly socks caused a row between him and other passengers on a bus in Delhi, India.

According to the BBC, the passengers lodged a complaint against 27-years-old Prakash Kumar for “causing a public nuisance.”

The passengers were en route to the capital, Delhi when Kumar removed his shoes and socks.

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The passengers could not tolerate the stench from Kumar’s shoes and socks so they asked him to keep them in his bag or throw them out.

Kumar however, refused, leading to a heated argument.

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The angry passengers then asked the bus driver to pull over at a police station in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh where they lodged a complaint.

The Hindustan Times quoted Mr Kumar as saying that his socks had not been stinking and that the passengers had quarrelled with him for “no reason”.

The police told the BBC that Kumar had been granted bail. 

The passengers en route to Delhi lodged a complaint against 27-years-old Prakash Kumar for “causing a public nuisance.” Read Full Story