Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 18 (ANI): A bomb threat call received at Chakeri Airport in Kanpur on Friday afternoon was found to be a hoax, and the caller was apprehended within hours, police officials confirmed.

"Around 12:30 PM, the CISF was contacted by an unknown caller saying that a bomb had been placed in a 72-seater plane (at Chakeri Airport). The CISF informed the Chakeri PS," said ACP of Kanpur Police Commissionerate, Sumit Sudhakar Ramteke.

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Following the alert, Chakeri Police Station and the surveillance team began investigations immediately.

"The Chakeri PS team and a surveillance team started working on this matter immediately and caught the caller around 3 PM," the ACP said.

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A preliminary investigation revealed that the call was a false alarm made as a prank.

"We are being told that the caller's name is Mohit (Singh). It was a prank call, and the information was a hoax," he added. (ANI)

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