Minor Taken Into Custody Over Hoax Bomb Threats To Airlines
NDTV
The 17-year-old boy, who is from Chhattisgarh, had been summoned by the Mumbai Police on Tuesday.
A minor has been taken into custody by the Mumbai Police over a series of bomb threats being issued to various airlines since Monday, leading to some flights being diverted, including to a remote airport in Canada. The threats were allegedly issued because the boy wanted to frame one of his friends with whom he had a dispute over money.
The 17-year-old boy, a school dropout from Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh, and his father had been summoned by the Mumbai Police on Tuesday. While he has been taken into custody and is being taken to a remand home, his father is still being questioned, police sources said. The teenager allegedly created a handle on X in the name of the friend with whom he had a dispute and posted bomb threats from it.
