cook county sheriffs office via ap singh reportedly told authorities he became so frightened to fly back to his home in orange county california due to the covid19 pandemic that he decided to hunker down in the airport more we will continue to work with our law enforcement partners on a thorough investigation of this matter it remains unclear how long singh intended to stay at the facility where he lived off food provided by strangers authorities said a jan 16 2021 booking photo shows aditya singh security footage showing the jan 16 arrest of 36yearold aditya singh released by the chicago department of aviation has raised new questions about how singh managed to go undetected for so long at the nations busiest airport more man allegedly lived in chicago airports secure area for 3 months while this incident remains under investigation we have been able to determine that this gentleman did not pose a security risk to the airport or to the traveling public the chicago department of aviation said in a statement he was found in possession of an airport operations managers security credential that was reported misplaced around the time singh began living at the airport authorities said the mans airportsquatting stint ended when two united airlines employees became suspicious and confronted singh who allegedly showed them the misplaced airport identification badge according to the chicago tribune panic unfolds at orlando airport after man attempts to breach security travelers yell gun he remained locked up at the cook county jail on sunday without bond according to online jail records singh told officials that he had been living at the airport since oct 19 a man alleged to have lived in plain sight at chicagos ohare international airport for three months was wearing a brightyellow safety vest and striped sweatpants when he was arrested according to newly released video of his capture the soundless video shows uniformed airport police officers questioning singh outside a mens restroom at the airport before apparently instructing him to hold out his arms to be searched singh was allegedly posing as an airport worker when he was taken into custody more man at las vegas airport climbs onto wing of plane taxiing for takeoff singh was charged with impersonating an airport employee in a restricted area of the airport and theft of less than 500 according to police