Police arrest man who threatened bomb blast on Facebook

Jaipur: Police have identified a man who had allegedly posted content on a Facebook account threatening a bomb blast at Sanganer airport in Jaipur. “The accused had made a fake account in the name of a woman. He is a resident of Sardarshahar town in Churu. Our cyber cell team is collecting technical inputs after which he will be arrested,” SP Churu Omprakash said on Monday. [caption id=“attachment_475050” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  A fake profile was used to upload the content. Getty images[/caption] Omprakash, however, did not disclose the identity of the accused. Security agencies were alerted on Sunday as they received information about a post on Facebook threatening to blow up the airport on 1 October. “Additional security arrangements have been made around the airport following the threat,” additional DCP of Jaipur Yogesh Dadhich said. Officiating director of Sanganer airport, P Srikrishna said that foolproof security arrangements have been made inside and outside the airport. Airport sources said had been no panic because of the incident. PTI