A businessman was wrongly jailed for 57 days after airport security mistook aamchur and garam masala for narcotics. The Madhya Pradesh High Court awarded him Rs 10 lakh, citing a failure of state machinery and forensic infrastructure that violated his fundamental rights. The court also ordered an inspection of state forensic labs.

The ordeal began in 2010 when Ajay Singh was preparing to board a flight to Delhi and a scan of his luggage wrongly indicated traces of narcotics | India News

A businessman was wrongly jailed for 57 days after airport security mistook aamchur and garam masala for narcotics. The Madhya Pradesh High Court awarded him Rs 10 lakh, citing a…