Class XII student held for hoax bomb calls

The Airport police arrested a hoax caller,who had called in on March 12 and 13 claiming there were bombs on two of Indigo airlines flights. According to the police,the accused,Debasish Banerjee,is a resident of Kolkata. A student of Class XII,Banerjee had called from Kolkata to say that there was a bomb on Indigo’s Bangalore-bound flight. The police said he called again later claiming there was a bomb on Indigo’s Delhi to Mumbai flight.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Airport) O P Mishra said,“Banerjee,18,told us that he had noted Indigo’s toll-free numbers when he saw them on a hoarding. He told us that he was unable to sleep in the night and decided to call the toll-free number claiming there was a bomb in flight from Delhi to Bangalore. Subsequently,he called again about a bomb on Delhi to Mumbai flight.”

The DCP said that a report against Banerjee has been filed at the Dwarka Court.

The mobile phone from which the calls were made has also been taken into possession by the police.