A 28-year-old software engineer was arrested on Friday for claiming that there was a bomb on a Pune-Ranchi flight after getting into a fight with airline officials here, police said.
Though his claim turned out to be false, it sent the authorities into a tizzy and the flight was delayed for three hours.
Rushikesh Sawant, the accused, was subsequently arrested, said police official Bharat Jadhav said.
Mr Sawant escorted his wife to the Pune airport on Friday morning as she was to fly to Ranchi.
“She was supposed to return on October 16. As the airport operations here are going to remain closed from October 16 to 29 as the IAF will be undertaking runway resurfacing work, the accused wanted to reschedule her return journey on October 15,” the official said.
