Mumbai: Police have arrested a Class XII student from Gujarat for tweeting that an aircraft of Akasa Air will go down.
The private airline lodged a complaint at the Airport Police Station here, based on which an FIR was registered against unidentified persons under I
PC sections 505 (statements conducing to public mischief) and 506(2) (criminal intimidation), an official said.
On investigation, police traced the IP address of the tweet to Gujarat’s Surat. A team of Mumbai Police was sent to Surat and the 18-year-old student – who had tweeted “Akasa Air Boeing 737 Max will go down” — was arrested on March 27, reported PTI.
The boy told police he was interested about aircraft and didn’t realise repercussions of such a post on social media, and that his intention was not to create chaos, the official said.
The teenager was released on a bail of Rs 5,000 after being kept in custody for a day as his exams are going on.