Canadian arrested for hoax bomb threat, delays Bengaluru flight at Varanasi airport
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VARANASI: A Canadian national was arrested by Phoolpur police on Sunday morning after he claimed that a bomb was kept in luggage being taken on a Bangalore flight on Saturday night.
The flight was taken back to the apron of Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport from the runway and was checked for several hours by CISF and the bomb disposal squad before it was allowed to depart on Sunday morning.
Inspector Phoolpur Pravin Kumar said on Sunday that the Canadian citizen, who was seemingly in an inebriated state, was arrested while the Indigo flight departed in the morning after proper checking by the BDS.
The flight, which was scheduled to depart at 9.55 pm on Saturday, had reached the runway for takeoff when the Canadian traveller on board raised a false alarm. It compelled the flight staff to alert airlines and airport officials before bringing the plane back to the runway.
By then, CISF personnel and the BDS had swung into action. All the passengers were brought to the terminal building to complete the checking process. After completing the frisking exercise, the alarm proved to be false.
The CISF caught the Canadian who raised the fake alarm and handed him over to Phoolpur police. The flight was allowed to depart for Bangalore after 7 am.
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