A 20-year-old man was arrested for claiming over the phone that a bomb had been planted at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, police said on Thursday, adding that the call later turned out to be a hoax.
The accused has been identified as Suresh Kumar (40), a resident of Pali, Rajasthan. He had duped Rs 5.2 lakhs from a famous jeweller in Bhopal by posing as the income tax officer. The police also recovered a mobile phone, SIM and Rs 1 lakh rupees cash from the accused.
Bihar Police arrested a youth for making a hoax threat call to blow up the Darbhanga airport from Samstipur's Punjabi Colony on Wednesday, said Police.
The Pune police detained and questioned a drunken man for allegedly threatening to kill Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shine, officers informed on Tuesday.
A day after a 75-year-old man was found dead in a shop at Krishna Nagar in the national capital, the police nabbed the accused from Rohtak following a massive search operation, officers informed on Monday.
A person was arrested for allegedly tearing and dumping saffron-coloured religious flags, put up on the occasion of Ram Navami, in a drain at Shastri Park in the national capital, police said on Wednesday.