Indian Man Held In US Over Bomb Threat

[Windjammer]

NEW DELHI: Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj has sought a report from India's Ambassador to the US after an Indian man was arrested by authorities from an airport in North Dakota over a bomb threat. Paraman Radhakrishnan, a 53-year-old businessman from Gujarat, was taken into custody at the Grand Forks International Airport on Saturday by the police for allegedly making a bomb threat as he told a travel agent that there was an explosive in his bag. He faces terrorism charges and is held in a local correctional facility.
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Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's political secretary Ahmed Patel and several friends of the businessman also sought Ms Swaraj's intervention for Mr Radhakrishnan release, claiming that he was falsely implicated in the case.

Mr Radhakrishnan was on a week-long business trip to the US and was returning home when he checked in for a flight from Grand Forks in North Dakota to Minneapolis, Minnesota early on Saturday, the Press Trust of India reported.



According to local media reports, Grand Forks police officers arrived at the airport around 5 am local time on Saturday after a traveller told a ticket agent there was a bomb in his bag.

Operations were suspended while the Grand Forks Regional Bomb Squad "evaluated the validity of the threat", the police said in a news release. However, officers did not find a bomb or threatening devices and the airport resumed normal operations.

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[Hassan Guy]

Unexpected news.

 

[TooRave]

According to local media reports, Grand Forks police officers arrived at the airport around 5 am local time on Saturday after a traveller told a ticket agent there was a bomb in his bag.

Who was this traveler?

 

[ito]

Stupid man...who says there is a bomb in his bag to win an argument with security personal in an airport?

 

[Windjammer]

Who was this traveler?

Seems your country fellow ....namely....Paraman Radhakrishnan.

 

[punit]

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's political secretary Ahmed Patel and several friends of the businessman
let him rot in jail !!

 

[Gregor Clegane]

He got absolutely what he deserved.
Only an idiot would prank police by saying there is a bomb in his bag.

Mr. Radhakrishnan then allegedly entered into an altercation with airlines staff, and was accused of threatening that there was a “bomb in his bag”, local newspapers reported. “Police say the leading theory behind what may have caused the suspect to make these threats is that he became disgruntled with airport staff, but they say regardless of the reason, any threat of this nature at an airport is taken seriously,” Grand Forks police spokesperson Jay Middleton said.

 

[ranjeet]

"Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's political secretary Ahmed Patel and several friends of the businessman also sought Ms Swaraj's intervention for Mr Radhakrishnan release"

This bit is interesting.
@JanjaWeed @Star Wars

 

[Peaceful Civilian]

Stupid man...who says there is a bomb in his bag to win an argument with security personal in an airport?

May be he lost mind after hot debate & issues with travel agent.

 

[JanjaWeed]

"Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's political secretary Ahmed Patel and several friends of the businessman also sought Ms Swaraj's intervention for Mr Radhakrishnan release"

This bit is interesting.
@JanjaWeed @Star Wars

Ohoho..sounds interesting! Modi-Trump combo getting down to business!