Miffed over reduced foreign currency, Haj aspirants refuse to board plane

Children are touchy about their pocket money but even the elders can prove to be quite sentimental about it.

Pilgrims on their way to Saudi Arabia for the annual Haj refused to board an Air India flight at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Tuesday when they were given 1,600 riyals instead of the usual 2,100 for cash expenses in the Kingdom.

God's own men: Haj pilgrims getting their travel documents checked at the Haj Terminal at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Tuesday. pic/Imtiyaz Khan