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Pune airport bomb hoax: Unidentified caller booked over false 112 alert
Police say a call to the emergency helpline on November 5 claimed a bomb attack at Pune international airport, but a probe found nothing had happened.
Desh Flash desk8 November 2026, 6:20 am IST1 minUpdated 8 November 2026, 6:20 am IST
An unidentified man has been booked in Pune for phoning the emergency helpline 112 and giving false information about a bomb attack at Pune international airport, a police official said on Saturday, November 7.
According to the official, the call came in at 7:08 pm on November 5. It triggered an alert on the police Mobile Data Terminal (MDT), the system that relays emergency calls to field units.
A subsequent probe established that the information was false and that no such incident had taken place. The caller's identity has not been made public, and the source report gives no details on how he is being traced.
Why does a hoax like this matter beyond the scare? Airports are critical nodes for travel and trade, and any bomb-related alert can pull security personnel and resources toward verification at short notice. For travellers and airlines, even a false alarm can raise concerns about delays and disruption, though the report does not say whether operations at Pune were affected.
The episode also shows the emergency response chain working as designed: a call to 112 generated an alert, and officers checked the claim and found it baseless. Booking the caller signals that misuse of the helpline is treated as an offence, keeping the line clear for genuine emergencies.
Further details, including the specific provisions invoked, were not provided in the report. Read the original wire report on ThePrint.
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