Overview
- The suspect, identified as Abu Aqeel Azhar Chad, 52, a Wilson Garden cloth merchant, was stopped during checks at Aerobridge Gate 30 before an IndiGo flight to Ahmedabad.
- CISF personnel detained Chad and his associate after the alleged statement and handed them to Bengaluru airport police following an airline staff complaint.
- Police say the claim was made in irritation with intensified screening and it triggered panic among passengers in the check-in area.
- Coverage cites different Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections, with The Hindu reporting Sections 125 and 351(1) and PTI listing Sections 125 and 353(1)(b).
- Both men were questioned and released on station bail, and the airport police investigation remains ongoing.