India, May 22 -- Madhya Pradesh High Court has asked the government to pay Rs.10 lakh to a man who was jailed for 57 days after airport screening machines allegedly mislabelled "aamchur" and "garam masala" as narcotic substances. The court further instructed the government to strengthen forensic infrastructure.

The court order indicates that the incident occurred when businessman Ajay Singh was travelling from Bhopal to Delhi on May 7, 2010, en route to Malaysia. During his trip, an "Explosive Trace Detector (ETD) machine at Bhopal airport allegedly detected traces of heroin and MDEA in packets of branded 'aamchur' and 'garam masala' found in his baggage."

Following the alert, CISF personnel detained Singh, and later, an FIR was registe...