‘You’ll die’: Indian-origin man attacks passenger on US flight, claims he was meditating

A 21-year-old Indian-origin man, Ishaan Sharma, was arrested after a mid-air fight on a Frontier Airlines flight.

A 21-year-old Indian-origin man from Newark was arrested after he engaged in a fight on board a Frontier Airlines flight. Ishaan Sharma is accused of attacking a fellow passenger “without provocation," following which he was arrested as the plane touched down in Miami.

Ishaan Sharma, who allegedly attacked his fellow passenger on a flight, suffered injuries to his face. (X/@AmericanCrime01)

According to reports, Sharma assaulted Keanu Evans for no apparent reason soon after their flight took off from Philadelphia. After the mid-air brawl, Sharma sustained a black eye along with a laceration on his eyebrow.

‘He was doing a dark laugh’

Evans told media outlets that before Sharma grabbed him by the throat, he was seated in front of him and muttering strange things, even issuing death threats.

“He was doing some, like, dark laugh like, ‘ha ha ha ha ha.’ And he was saying things like, ‘you punt, mortal man, if you challenge me, it will result in your death,” Evans told WSVN in Miami.

Bothered by his unusual actions, Evan pressed the cabin crew assistance button, which sent Sharma into a fury.

While a mugshot showed Sharma's injured face, Evans suffered minor scratches.“It makes me feel bad because I don’t want people to get the wrong idea about who I am as a person,” he told WSVN.

‘He was meditating’

After Sharma was arrested and charged with battery, his attorney told the Daily Mail that the Indian-origin man was just meditating on the flight and his “silent practice” was seen as a threat by Evans.

“My client is from a religion where he was meditating. Unfortunately, the passenger behind him did not like that," they said.