‘Terrorist’ Sanjeev who threatened to blow up airport, railway station arrested

Pune, Jan 24: A 38-year-old animation professional, who claimed that he had paced bombs at the Pune railway station, city airport and on a Mumbai-bound flight from Bhubaneshwar, was arrested on Saturday.

Sanjeev Mishra, who hails from Odisha, was apprehended in a joint operation by the Pune Anti Terror Squad (ATS) and Government Railway Police (GRP), said GRP police inspector Abhay Parmar.

His calls forced the airport authorities to make an emergency landing of GoAir’s Bhubaneshwar-Mumbai flight this morning, they said.

“The accused had called Pune police control room in the wee hours today and said he has planted bombs at Pune railway station and Pune airport. The control room immediately alerted ATS and GRP. However, nothing suspicious was found at both the places,” he said.

According to the officer, the GRP later called up the accused on his phone who told them that they were a group of terrorists who have infiltrated in the country through Kashmir and claimed to have planted bombs at various places like Mumbai, Pune and other cities.