Raipur: Man held for false bomb alert on Indigo flight turns out to be IB officer
1 week, 6 days ago

Raipur: Man held for false bomb alert on Indigo flight turns out to be IB officer

India TV News  

A couple of days ago, Indian airlines faced disruption in the operation of fights due to a series of fake bomb threats, causing a huge loss of their business. He allegedly shared a bogus bomb alert on an IndiGo flight from Nagpur to Kolkata. On November 14, Mandal allegedly told the crew of the IndiGo flight after it took off that there was a bomb on the plane. Mandal was arrested by Raipur Police under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita section 351 and provisions of the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Civil Aviation Act, 1982. Raipur Senior Superintendent of Police Santosh Singh said on Tuesday that police informed the IB immediately after he was detained, and he was arrested only after a joint team of local police and IB interrogated him and found the input shared by him to be fake.

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Chhattisgarh: IB Officer Behind False Bomb Alert on Flight, Say Police
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Chhattisgarh: IB Officer Behind False Bomb Alert on Flight, Say Police

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Raipur: A passenger on the November 14 Nagpur-Kolkata flight who raised a false alarm about a bomb in the aircraft, leading to its emergency landing at Raipur airport, was an officer of the Intelligence Bureau, police said on Tuesday. Confirming to Deccan Chronicle that the passenger, Animesh Mandal, was an IB officer, Santosh Singh, senior superintendent of police, Raipur district, …

Man held for hoax bomb alert on IndiGo flight was IB officer: Police
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Man held for hoax bomb alert on IndiGo flight was IB officer: Police

Hindustan Times  

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Man arrested last month for hoax bomb alert on IndiGo flight turns out to be IB officer
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Man arrested last month for hoax bomb alert on IndiGo flight turns out to be IB officer

Hindustan Times  

A man who was arrested for allegedly sharing a hoax bomb alert on an IndiGo flight from Nagpur to Kolkata last month has reportedly turned out to be an officer of the Intelligence Bureau. Airlines in India received 719 hoax bomb threat messages in 2024 alone Animesh Mandal is a deputy superintendent-rank IB official posted in Nagpur, a news agency …

Intelligence officer behind bomb hoax on Kolkata-Nagpur IndiGo flight
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Intelligence officer behind bomb hoax on Kolkata-Nagpur IndiGo flight

India Today  

In a surprising turn of events, a man arrested last month for allegedly issuing a false bomb alert on an IndiGo flight from Nagpur to Kolkata has been identified as an Intelligence Bureau officer. The accused, Animesh Mandal, a Deputy Superintendent-rank IB officer posted in Nagpur, was arrested by Raipur Police under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Section 351 and provisions of …

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Hindustan Times  

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Nagpur-Kolkata Indigo flight makes emergency landing in Raipur after bomb threat, one arrested
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Nagpur-Kolkata Indigo flight makes emergency landing in Raipur after bomb threat, one arrested

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An IndiGo flight from Nagpur to Kolkata on Thursday made an emergency landing in Raipur after receiving a bomb threat which turned out to be a hoax, officials told news agency PTI. The flight with 187 passengers and six crew members onboard landed at the Swami Vivekananda Airport here sometime after 9 am following the threat, Raipur Senior Superintendent of …

Indigo flight makes emergency landing in Raipur after bomb threat, one arrested
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Indigo flight makes emergency landing in Raipur after bomb threat, one arrested

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A Kolkata-bound IndiGo flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Raipur Airport on Thursday morning after it received a bomb threat, triggering fears among the passengers and crew. A flight from Nagpur to Kolkata was diverted after the airlines got the threat, according to Raipur’s Senior Superintendent of Police, Santosh Singh. All 187 passengers and six crew members …

Passenger Held For False Bomb Claim At Kolkata Airport, Security Inspection Underway
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Passenger Held For False Bomb Claim At Kolkata Airport, Security Inspection Underway

ABP News  

A man was detained by security personnel at Kolkata Airport after falsely claiming there was a bomb on a plane. He was held in the boarding area, and security agencies are currently inspecting the aircraft, according to sources from Kolkata Airport cited by news agency ANI. Security agencies are frisking the plane: Kolkata Airport sources In the recent past, there …

Man claims to have bomb in plane at Kolkata airport, detained
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Man claims to have bomb in plane at Kolkata airport, detained

Live Mint  

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Man Claims To Be ‘Terrorist’ On Air India Flight Minutes Before Takeoff From Bengaluru, Held
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Man Claims To Be ‘Terrorist’ On Air India Flight Minutes Before Takeoff From Bengaluru, Held

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