- A senior British executive of oil giant Saudi Aramco reportedly had to spend nearly a week in a Chamoli in Uttarakhand jail after taking a banned satellite phone to a yoga retreat.
- Fergus MacLeod, head of investor relations at Saudi Aramco, was released after paying a fine of ₹1,000, reported UK’s Financial Times.
- MacLeod, who was arrested from a hotel on July 12, said he had been unaware of the ban, which was introduced after such devices were used by terrorists who attacked Mumbai in 2008, the report added.