Bhopal: Police have detained a 34-year-old man for allegedly threatening to hijack planes from Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal and Indore airports and take them to Pakistan, an official stated on Wednesday.
Officials on the Raja Bhoj Airport right here obtained a telephone name round 5 pm on Tuesday whereby the caller made the menace, Bhopal’s Gandhinagar police station in-charge Arun Sharma instructed PTI .
Later, the airport administration complained to the Gandhinagar police.
“The man, who allegedly threatened to hijack the planes, was caught late Tuesday night from Shujalpur town (about 100 km from Bhopal). He is being extensively questioned as part of the investigation into the matter,” the official stated.
Security has been tightened on the Bhopal airport following the menace name, one other official stated.
On Tuesday night, a Mumbai-bound flight took off from Bhopal after a strict safety test, he stated.Â
