Bomb scare at Delhi airport: 13-year-old sent hoax mail to see if could be caught

The boy said he wanted to see if the authorities could track him down

Days after bomb scare rocked Delhi's IGI airport, the police on Wednesday tracked down a 13-year-old who had allegedly sent the hoax email.

On June 4, the Delhi International Airport Limited office received an email claiming that an Air Canada flight carried a bomb. The flight was supposed to depart in a few minutes.

However, the threat later turned out to be a hoax.

On Tuesday, the police found that a 13-year-old boy from UP's Meerut had sent the hoax mail as a "prank" to check if the authorities could track him down, News18 reported.

The authorities said that boy sent the email from his phone and used his mother's WiFi connection. He lated deleted the email ID.

NDTV quoted Usha Rangnani, Deputy Commissioner of Police, IGI Airport as saying that the boy got excited after seeing the news of the bomb threat.

"He also told us that the next day, he saw the hoax bomb threat news at Delhi Airport in the media and felt excited. However, he did not share any information with his parents out of fear," she said.

The boy reportedly told authorities during the interrogation that he got the idea of sending the hoax mail from media reports about a similar hoax call at Mumbai airport.