Bihar Police on Wednesday arrested a youth just a few hours after a threat call to blow up the Patna and Darbhanga Airport was received by authorities. The youth, identified as Sudhanshu Shekhar alias Mukund, was arrested from the Punjabi Colony which falls under Nagar PS area.
According to police, the man is mentally unstable and was under heavy alcohol influence when he made the call. "Police also seized the mobile of the accused. He was drunk even when he was arrested," Vinay Tiwari SP, Samstipur.
Earlier in the day, Patna Jaiprakash Narayan Airport on Wednesday received a bomb threat call. Acting upon the threat, the airport authority called the bomb squad team. An intense search operation was launched at the airport.
"A bomb threat call was received at Patna Airport. Based on the information Airport Bomb Threat Assessment Committee found the call non-specific. State BDDS team carried out checks," said Patna Airport Director.
Bomb threat to Delhi school
In a similar incident, a school in Delhi received bomb threat mail today. Upon receiving the threat call, the Indian School in Sadiq Nagar was evacuated. The Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad were informed and further investigation is on.
According to the initial investigation, the email was received at 10.49 AM. A senior police officer said a person named Brijesh of Indian School, BRT Road, informed them about the email. The school has been evacuated and a thorough check is being conducted by the team, he added.
Nothing suspicious has been found so far, said police. In November too, a similar bomb call was received at the school, but even then the police did not find anything suspicious.
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