Maharashtra: Man upset with airline makes hoax bomb call, arrested

A Nashik-Hyderabad flight of the Alliance Air was delayed due to a bomb threat call received shortly before its take off, which later turned out to be a hoax, police said on Sunday.

The incident took place on Saturday evening and the police later arrested the caller, who allegedly made the call after failing to get a seat in the flight, they said.

The flight was scheduled to take-off at 8.25 pm on Saturday from the airport here in Maharashtra.

About 20 minutes before the scheduled take-off, the Nashik rural police control room received a call that a bomb was planted in the plane, an official from Dindori police station said.