Indian authorities has detained a guy whose stinky socks caused a showdown on a bus because his fellow passengers whined the pungent odour, an officer said Saturday.

The man removed his socks and shoes on a bus heading in the northwestern state of Himachal Pradesh to New Delhi and then set them near the aisle, '' authorities said.

Other passengers protested and asked the guy to put away the offending socks or toss them out.

The man refused, sparking a heated confrontation which compelled the bus driver to stop at a police station in Una district of Himachal Pradesh.

Una police leader Sanjeev Gandhi told AFP that the bus stopped a few times due to the smelly chaos until they arrived at the police station.

“He was arrested on charges of causing public nuisance and later released on bail,” Gandhi said.

Gandhi said the accused had threatened other passengers and caused a disturbance at the police station.

The man, in turn, filed a complaint against his fellow passengers and the bus crew for harassment and insisted his socks did not smell, the officer said.

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