BENGALURU: A fake bomb threat call at Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru was received by the police control room early on Friday.
“The Airport police control room recorded a fake bomb threat call . The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and police conducted a thorough investigation at the airport till 7 am,” airport authorities said.
According to the police, a man made a call to the police control room at 3.30 am, and then the matter was forwarded to the airport police, who conducted checks for two hours with the bomb-disposal squad, but found nothing.
It later came to light that the caller was Subhashit Gupta, an employee at KIA. He hails from West Bengal and had made the call in the name of his brother-in-law. The Vidhana Soudha police came knocking at his door and arrested him.
Gupta want to exact revenge against his brother-in-law over a fight his sister had with her husband 10 years ago. He called the emergency number 112 around 3.30 am and gave his brother-in-law’s name.
Gupta was caught after the police tracked the phone calls. He is now in the custody of the Vidhana Soudha police.