World Scene: India

Late flier held for bomb hoax

A businessman running behind schedule triggered a bomb scare on an airplane in a desperate attempt to catch his flight, Indian police said yesterday.

Vijay Khandelwal, 35, was stuck in a traffic jam on the way to New Delhi airport last week when he realized he would miss the IndiGo plane to Kolkata unless it was held up, senior police officer Satyendra Garg said. Khandelwal was arrested after he confessed to making a hoax call on his mobile phone.