Mumbai: A Kerala resident was arrested by Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) personnel for allegedly threatening to blow up the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport here if he was not paid “one million US dollars in Bitcoin,” PTI reported.
Mumbai International Airport Limited, which operates the airport, received a threatening email in its feedback inbox at 11.06 am on Thursday, following which ATS initiated a probe, a police official said.
“This is a final warning to your airport. We will blast Terminal 2 in 48 hours unless one million US dollars in Bitcoin is transferred to the address. Another alert will be after 24 Hrs,” the email stated.
An FIR was registered under IPC sections 385 (putting a person in fear of injury in order to commit extortion) and 505 (1) (b) (statements made with intent to cause fear or alarm to the public or against the public tranquillity) at Sahar police station.
The ATS cyber cell, which started a parallel investigation, traced the IP address from which the email had been sent to Kerala.
An ATS team flew to Kerala and arrested the accused.
The man will be handed over to Sahar Police once police team brings him to Mumbai.
