Bomb threat on Hyderabad-Chennai flight turns out to be hoax

Hyderabad: A bomb threat on a Hyderabad-Chennai Indigo flight at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here on Saturday has turned out to be a hoax, police said.

Deputy Commissioner of Police, Shamshabad, Prakash Reddy said a jilted lover who was travelling on the same flight, provided the fake information about the bomb.

“The information was verified and found to be incorrect. All flights are running normally,” the police official said

The police detained the man and investigated him. IANS

Published on: July 06, 2019 at 12:28 IST