The minister assured that steps are being taken to ensure that a “strict barrier is created for people trying to do these kinds of pranks.” “The police are pursuing the cases and trying to find out who is behind this. The Ministry of Home Affairs is also helping us a lot. Airlines and passengers are facing a lot of inconvenience, so we don’t want these kinds of situations to be repeated. We are ensuring action is being taken on these kinds of issues so that they don’t become a precedent for the future,” he said. A minor boy of 17 years of age from Chhattisgarh has been detained by the Mumbai Police in connection with the hoax bomb threats posted on social media platform X targeting three flights originating from Mumbai on October 14.Around 10 social media handles, majority of them on X, have been suspended or blocked since Monday, when these hoax bomb and terrorist attack threats started being sent to virtually all the Indian airliners for both their domestic and international route operations, the sources said.The agencies have also found some common lines and words used in these fake threats like “bombs”, “blood will spread everywhere”, “explosive devices”, “this is not a joke” and “you will all die” and “bomb rakhwa dia hai” (Hindi for bomb has been placed) among others.The sources said the agencies, apart from getting police FIRs registered in each such hoax bomb messages case, have enhanced ‘cyber patrolling’ on the social media and the dark web to check for possible linkages or trends where threats are being posted online leading to grounding or diversion of the aircraft.
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