Sri Lanka, Jan. 21 -- It's a tale of two travellers with one ticket to London. Boarding pass to London secretly passed on to Singapore-bound passenger in airport loo. However, their UK plan fell flat, and both are now behind bars on charges of committing several violations at Kempegowda International Airport last week.

A 52-year-old United Kingdom national has been arrested for handing over his boarding pass to a Sri Lankan national to help him fly illegally to London from KIA on Jan 18.

Kandiah Rajagopal, a businessman from West London, helped Lankan Sharusan Kunasekaran travel to London using his boarding pass in a story bristling with gaping holes. While Kandiah has been lodged in Bengaluru prison, Sharusan was detained in the UK and...