1 held for hoax bomb call to airline

A bomb threat on an Indigo Airlines flight from Delhi to Bangalore triggered a security alert at the Delhi and Bengaluru International Airports on Friday. The call,received around 11.30 am,turned out to be a hoax. Officials of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) said the call was traced to a mobile phone,which had been diverted. The caller demanded to talk to a certain girl. On being refused by the airlines’ staff,he claimed there was a bomb on board,BCAS officials said. They added the caller turned up at the airport around 3 pm,and was detained and later arrested. The Central Industrial Security Force and Delhi Police officers,however,refuted these reports. “The call centre of Yatra.com and Indigo Airlines received a call around 11 am claiming there was a bomb on board a flight that had already departed. The number was traced to Kolkata. We are still inquiring. No arrests have been made so far,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Airport),O P Mishra,said.