Mumbai-Delhi flight diverted to Ahmedabad, minor detained over bomb hoax

The back-to-back bomb scares this week led to an emergency landing of the Mumbai-Delhi Indigo flight on Tuesday night.

A 17-year-old teenager from Chhattisgarh was reportedly detained for sending bomb threat messages on the X handle of Indian Airlines, causing flight disruptions across the country.

The Mumbai Police traced a minor and his father and another person whose X account was used to post the threats, according to reports.

According to reports, the teenager orchestrated this plan to frame his friend, who owed him money and did not repay. 

He allegedly created a dummy social media account in his friend’s name and started sharing posts from it, issuing bomb threats to flights.

In the past three days, the Delhi and Mumbai police have registered separate FIRs and launched investigations after receiving bomb threats targeting around 19 different flights. 

A total of 12 flights received bomb threats via social media including seven flights targeted on Tuesday, and seven diverted on Wednesday, including Akash Air’s flight from New Delhi to Bengaluru and an Indigo flight from Mumbai to New Delhi.

One of these flights was diverted to Ahmedabad carrying 200 passengers along with crew members.

However, no suspicious material was found during the security checks.

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