Chennai:
A drunk man who wanted to prevent his relatives from traveling out of the country on Saturday made a hoax bomb threat to a private carrier who was in Dubai but ended up in the police net.
Wanting to prevent two of his family members from flying to Dubai, the city dweller made the threat call to the city police control room, prompting security forces to launch a full-scale search on the Indigo flight that was originally scheduled to depart at 7:20 am. am on Saturday, airport and police officials said.
After the threat call, a thorough check was carried out by the security services to determine whether explosives had been placed in the flight.
However, no such items were found on the plane, and officials and others heaved a sigh of relief.
Meanwhile, the call was traced to a man in the city who wanted to prevent his relatives from flying to Dubai and was promptly arrested by the police.
The flight will go to its destination later in the day, officials added.
About 180 passengers and crew members of the flight were accommodated.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by DailyExpertNews staff and has been published from a syndicated feed.)