An anonymous call, threatening that an Air India plane would be hijacked, was made to the city office of the State-owned carrier on Saturday evening, police said.
A senior Kolkata police official said it was a brief call in Bengali threatening that an Air India flight would be hijacked. The official, however, did not specify which flight would be targeted.The official said that the local police station has been informed. City Police Commissioner Surajit Kar Purakayastha told PTI that "a call was received at Air India office today. Though such calls are quite common, still we are looking into it quite seriously. There is nothing alarming".An Air India spokesperson here said a complaint was subsequently lodged with the Kolkata Police.