<p>Kolkata: Security personnel at Kolkata airport were placed on high alert on Sunday after they received information from a passenger who suspected that a bomb could be planted on a private airline plane.</p>.<p>According to sources at the airport, the passenger told CISF and IndiGo staff that he suspected that a bomb might be planted on Kolkata-Chennai IndiGo flight 6E 892.</p>.Centre taking steps to ban hoax bomb perpetrators from flying, says Aviation Minister Naidu.<p>The passenger, seated near gate number 18 at the airport, suspected that a bomb was ticking inside a bag, an Airports Authority of India (AAI) spokesperson said and added that it was later discovered that the bag actually belonged to a woman employee of IndiGo.</p>.<p>"The security personnel acted as per protocol, and the passenger’s claim was found to be a hoax," the spokesperson confirmed.</p>.<p>"There was no bomb in the woman's bag," the spokesperson said and added, "The passenger, who was supposed to take the same airline’s flight 6E-6173 to Agartala, was detained by the CISF for giving false information." The CISF will conduct a medical examination of the passenger before handing him over to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose airport police station, the AAI spokesperson said.</p>
<p>Kolkata: Security personnel at Kolkata airport were placed on high alert on Sunday after they received information from a passenger who suspected that a bomb could be planted on a private airline plane.</p>.<p>According to sources at the airport, the passenger told CISF and IndiGo staff that he suspected that a bomb might be planted on Kolkata-Chennai IndiGo flight 6E 892.</p>.Centre taking steps to ban hoax bomb perpetrators from flying, says Aviation Minister Naidu.<p>The passenger, seated near gate number 18 at the airport, suspected that a bomb was ticking inside a bag, an Airports Authority of India (AAI) spokesperson said and added that it was later discovered that the bag actually belonged to a woman employee of IndiGo.</p>.<p>"The security personnel acted as per protocol, and the passenger’s claim was found to be a hoax," the spokesperson confirmed.</p>.<p>"There was no bomb in the woman's bag," the spokesperson said and added, "The passenger, who was supposed to take the same airline’s flight 6E-6173 to Agartala, was detained by the CISF for giving false information." The CISF will conduct a medical examination of the passenger before handing him over to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose airport police station, the AAI spokesperson said.</p>