Three persons were arrested on Wednesday for threatening to blow up Birsa Munda airport of the State Capital. Acting on the instructions of Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Kaushal Kishore, the police team has arrested three criminals of Nalanda district.
The arrested criminals include Nirman Kumar, Pappu Kumar and Radhe Kumar. The police have recovered four mobile phones, including the mobile phone used in the threatening incident, from the arrested criminals.
The arrested criminals had called and messaged the airport Director's official number, threatening to blow up Birsa Munda Airport, demanding extortion of Rs 20 lakhs after which a police team was formed by the SSP in view of the seriousness of the matter. Taking action, the police team arrested three criminals involved in the incident. The arrested criminals have accepted their involvement in the incident.
On July 28, someone from Bihar's Nalanda district called and threatened to blow up Ranchi airport. However, nothing was found by the Bomb Disposal Squad during the investigation. After this threat, the passengers present on the airport premises were terrified. An FIR was lodged at the airport police station regarding the incident.
Within 24 hours of the first threat that was on July 29, the threat was again made and created panic among passengers. This time even extortion was demanded. Police were trying to trace that number. However, till now nothing has been found out.
On August 1, Birsa Munda Airport was again threatened with a bomb hoax for the third time. This time also a text message was sent to the number of an airport official. It has been written in the message that if 20 lakh rupees are not given, then they will blow up the airport. The airport management has informed the police about this. The police are investigating the matter.