Man Arrested For Making Hoax Bomb Threat To Delay Flight In Mumbai: Cops

Bakade called Akasa Air's customer care service and requested them to make a concession for her. When he was informed that it was not possible, he allegedly claimed that there was a bomb on the flight.

A 42-year-old man has been arrested from Bengaluru for allegedly giving a bomb threat to Akasa Air as he wanted to delay a flight for his wife who had reached the airport late, Mumbai police said on Wednesday.

Vilas Bakade, the accused, is an employee of a private firm in Bengaluru, said an official of the airport police station.

His wife was late reaching the boarding gate for her flight back to Bengaluru from Mumbai on February 24 evening, the official said.