Mumbai:

A Kerala resident was arrested by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Friday for allegedly threatening to explode the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Worldwide Airport right here if he was not paid “a million US {dollars} in Bitcoin”, an official stated.

The ATS began a probe after the Mumbai Worldwide Airport Restricted, which operates the airport, acquired a threatening e-mail in its suggestions inbox at 11.06 am on Thursday, the police official stated.

“It is a ultimate warning to your airport. We’ll blast Terminal 2 in 48 hours except a million US {dollars} in Bitcoin is transferred to the deal with. One other alert will probably be after 24 Hrs,” the e-mail learn.

A First Data Report (FIR) was registered underneath Indian Penal Code sections 385 (placing an individual in worry of damage as a way to commit extortion) and 505 (1) (b) (statements made with intent to trigger worry or alarm to the general public or towards the general public tranquillity) on the Sahar police station.

The ATS cyber cell, which began a parallel investigation, traced the IP deal with from which the e-mail had been despatched to Kerala, following which a crew flew to the southern state and arrested the accused.

He was being dropped at Mumbai and can be handed over to Sahar Police, the official stated with out disclosing the accused’s id.

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