Uttar Pradesh: Hoax bomb threat at airport, caller detained by police

Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 18 (ANI): A bomb threat call received at Chakeri Airport in Kanpur on Friday afternoon was found to be a hoax, and the caller was apprehended within hours, police officials confirmed.
"Around 12:30 PM, the CISF was contacted by an unknown caller saying that a bomb had been placed in a 72-seater plane (at Chakeri Airport). The CISF informed the Chakeri PS," said ACP of Kanpur Police Commissionerate, Sumit Sudhakar Ramteke.
Following the alert, Chakeri Police Station and the surveillance team began investigations immediately.
"The Chakeri PS team and a surveillance team started working on this matter immediately and caught the caller around 3 PM," the ACP said.

A preliminary investigation revealed that the call was a false alarm made as a prank.
"We are being told that the caller's name is Mohit (Singh). It was a prank call, and the information was a hoax," he added. (ANI)