The smuggler who showered chocolates on Tihar Jail
On September 26, 1963, a small plane took off from Delhi's old airport at Safdarjung, and flew straight to Karachi. The pilot was an American smuggler named Daniel Hailey Walcott Jr, who had been arrested and kept in Tihar Jail for smuggling 10,000 rounds of ammunition. With the passage of time, a legend grew up that Daniel had showered chocolates and cigarettes over Tihar Jail before swinging westward in his plane. Is the story true? Find out...
