‘Drunk’ man held for threat calls at Patna, Darbhanga airports

On Wednesday, Bihar Police took one person into custody in connection with threat calls received at the Patna and Darbhanga airports earlier today.

In response to the call, a bomb disposal unit searched the airport grounds at Patna’s Jayprakash Narayan Airport, according to police.

In a statement Senior Superintendent of Patna police Rajeev Mishra said “Prima facie it appears to be a hoax call.”

In response to the call, a bomb disposal unit searched the airport grounds at Patna’s Jayprakash Narayan Airport, according to police. “Prima facie it appears to be a hoax call,” Rajeev Mishra, Senior Superintendent of Police, Patna said.

According to police, the caller was under the influence of alcohol when he made the call. According to Vinay Tiwari, Superintendent of Police in Samastipur, a suspect named Sudhanshu Shekhar alias Mukund was arrested today from Punjabi Colony in the Nagar Police Station area for allegedly threatening to blow up the airports in Darbhanga and Patna.

Police also seized the accused’s cellphone. “Preliminary investigations indicate that the accused is a mental patient and an alcoholic.” The phone used to make the bogus call has been confiscated. Even when he was arrested, he was inebriated, according to the Samastipur SP.

Reena Choudhary

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