Woman arrested for raising hoax bomb alert inside flight

Kolkata | Sunday | 12th January, 2020

Summary:

Kolkata: A woman has been arrested for allegedly spreading a hoax call, claiming that a bomb was tied to her body while mid-air inside a flight. According to police, the woman identified as Mohini Mondal was travelling in a flight to Mumbai on Saturday night. The flight took off from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport at 9:56 pm. As soon as the information came to light, the pilot got in touch with the Air Traffic Control (ATC) of NSCBI Airport and requested for emergency landing. She was later handed over to NSCBI Airport police station, along with a complaint by the Assistant Security Officer of the concerned airlines, following which Mondal was arrested..