Mumbai Police have arrested a Class 12 pupil from Gujarat who allegedly posted a tweet claiming that an plane of airline Akasa Air “will go down”, an official stated on Monday.
After the tweet, the non-public airline had lodged a criticism on the Airport Police Station right here, based mostly on which an FIR was registered towards unidentified individuals beneath Indian Penal Code Sections 505 (statements conducing to public mischief) and 506(2) (legal intimidation), he stated.
The 18-year-old pupil had tweeted “AkasaAir Boeing 737 Max will go down”, he stated. Town police throughout investigation traced the IP handle of the tweet to Surat in Gujarat, following which a crew was despatched there and the coed was arrested on March 27, the official stated.
Throughout interrogation, the accused informed the police that he was fascinated about understanding about plane and had not realised the repercussions of such a submit on social media, the official stated. The coed additionally informed the police that his intention was to not create chaos, he stated. After one-day custody, the accused was launched on a bail of ₹5,000 as his exams had been happening, the official stated.