A man was arrested on Sunday over a hoax phone call to a police control room, allegedly claiming that explosives had been placed at a bank in Nagpur, officers said.
Delhi police have arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly making a hoax bomb threat call on a Spice Jet flight from Darbhanga to Delhi earlier this week, officials said on Saturday.
Mumbai International Airport received a hoax call in which a caller claimed that there was a bomb in a blue bag inside the premises of the airport, police said on Sunday.
“We received 38 calls for flying drones in different areas of Delhi. There were also one or two calls regarding terrorist attacks. Though it was a hoax call, none of these calls were taken lightly and all standard protocols were followed,” DCP Ops Anand Mishra said.
A threat call was received by the Mumbai police on Thursday where the caller claimed that two Pakistani citizens would reach the city and blow up the landmark Taj Hotel. Through technical analysis, the original name of the accused caller was found to be Jagdamba Prasad Singh (36) who on loca
According to officials, at around 4:45 pm, the police received a call, in which the caller claimed that a “bomb blast may occur at the airport”, however, any specific location of the airport was not mentioned.
Lucknow Police said that after receiving the information, an intensive search was carried out from Hazratganj to Charbagh stations, but nothing suspicious was found.
According to police, a bomb disposal squad rushed to the spot and vacated the premises. However, as per the officials, no objectionable material was recovered from the spot.
"We received a call from main control that a caller had called up BMC control and informed us that a person would blow up Mumbai. After receiving this call, the special teams of Malvani PS traced the caller. During inquiries with him, it was found that he made a hoax call. A case has been re
While issuing the threat, the accused allegedly demanded Rs 2 lakh and claimed that he will leave for Malaysia with his men once he will get the money, the police said.
A male passenger, aged 23, identified as Ritesh Sanjaykumar Juneja who was onboard a Vistara flight, has been arrested after complaints by crew members that the person was speaking to someone on the phone about 'plane hijacking', Mumbai Police said.