Man claims bomb on plane at Kolkata airport, detained

Security personnel at Kolkata airport were placed on high alert on Sunday after they received information from a passenger who suspected that a bomb could be planted on a private airline plane.

According to sources at the airport, the passenger told CISF and IndiGo staff that he suspected that a bomb might be planted on Kolkata-Chennai IndiGo flight 6E 892.

The passenger, seated near gate number 18 at the airport, suspected that a bomb was ticking inside a bag, an Airports Authority of India (AAI) spokesperson said. It was later discovered that the bag actually belonged to a woman employee of IndiGo.

“The passenger's claim was found to be a hoax. There was no bomb in the woman's bag. The passenger was detained by the CISF for giving false information. The CISF will conduct a medical examination of the passenger before handing him over to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose airport police station, the AAI spokesperson said.