Man arrested for making hoax bomb threat to Mumbai-bound Indigo flight

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Chennai: A 27-year-old man hailing from Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur district has been arrested for making a hoax bomb threat to a Mumbai-bound Indigo Airlines flight recently, the police said.

The arrested person, identified as V Prasanna of Thiruvaiyaru, was picked by a team of officials from the Cyber Crime Police Station of Central Crime Branch, an official release said.

The accused person had made the hoax bomb threat to the Customer Service Centre of the airline through a chat on June 18, claiming a bomb had been placed in a Chennai-Mumbai flight.

A complaint was later registered with the cybercrime wing.

The man was later remanded to judicial custody, the release added.