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.

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