YouTuber held for threat calls to Mumbai, Delhi airports

MUMBAI: A YouTuber has been arrested from Puducherry for allegedly making threat calls to Mumbai airport and Haryana police, warning of bomb blasts at Mumbai and Delhi airports on Friday. The caller, who identified himself only as ‘Parikh’, warned to blow up both the airports between 3.30pm and 9pm. The police said the caller had claimed the blast would “disrupt the country’s democracy and communal harmony”.The call was made Friday at 3.19pm.
Sahar police said they are still to ascertain why Jatin Prajapati (19) had made the calls. A class 10 pass-out, the accused claimed he was in financial crisis due to “lack of income and was depressed”. He has been sent to police custody for a day.
While Prajapati told the police that he was only passing on a message he had received on his phone, the police said no such message has so fare been found on his phone, which has been sent for forensic examination.
The Haryana police also got a call around 3.30 pm. Police said they learnt that calls to Mumbai and Haryana were made from the same mobile number based in Puducherry.