Lagatar24 Desk
Patna, April 12: In connection with threat calls received at the Patna and Darbhanga airports earlier today, Bihar Police detained one guy on Wednesday.
In response to the call, a bomb disposal crew searched the Jayprakash Narayan Airport grounds in Patna, according to the police.
According to authorities, the caller was intoxicated when he made the call.
A suspect named Sudhanshu Shekhar alias Mukund was detained today from the Punjabi Colony in the Nagar Police Station area for reportedly threatening to blow up the airports in Darbhanga and Patna, according to Vinay Tiwari, Superintendent of Police in Samastipur.
Police also seized the mobile of the accused.
“As per preliminary investigations, the accused is a mental patient and an alcoholic. The phone used for making the hoax call has been seized. He was in an inebriated condition even when he was arrested,” the Samastipur SP said.
Rajeev Mishra, SSP, Patna said, “Samastipur police have taken the caller into custody. Initial inquiry revealed that the person had made the call under the influence of alcohol. Detailed inquiry is being done. The phone from which the call was made has been recovered. Prima facie it appears to be a hoax call.”
