I am sorry to say that in this entire episode, everybody has missed the wood for tree.
Nobody including our so called elite political leaders, who are guiding light for our people, did not condemn the behavior of passengers on board. Forget for a moment whether they are suspects or not, just imagine the danger of using mobile phone when flight is taking off...Have these 12 people ever realised this? They have learnt a lesson and it is a lesson for all such misguided and religious centered people.
While I sympathize for their hardship as a fellow human being, I have no other sympathy for them.