Kolkata: A person was detained by the security agencies from the boarding area of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata after he allegedly sent a hoax bomb threat. The accused had allegedly claimed that there was a bomb on a plane at Kolkata Airport. The security personnel apprehended the man and interrogated him to ascertain the motive behind sending the bomb threat. 

According to police sources, the security personnel at Kolkata airport were placed on high alert on Sunday after they received information from a passenger who suspected that a bomb could be planted on a private airline plane. The passenger reportedly told CISF and IndiGo staff that he suspected that a bomb might have been planted on Kolkata-Chennai IndiGo flight 6E 892.

The passenger, seated near gate number 18 at the airport, suspected that a bomb was ticking inside a bag, an Airports Authority of India (AAI) spokesperson said and added that it was later discovered that the bag belonged to a woman employee of IndiGo.

“The security personnel acted as per protocol, and the passenger’s claim was found to be a hoax,” the spokesperson confirmed.

“There was no bomb in the woman’s bag,” the spokesperson said and added, “The passenger, who was supposed to take the same airline’s flight 6E-6173 to Agartala, was detained by the CISF for giving false information.” The CISF will conduct a medical examination of the passenger before handing him over to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose airport police station, the AAI spokesperson said.