Man arrested at Kolkata airport over alleged 'terror talk'
Kolkata, Nov 26 (IBNS): A passenger travelling on a Jet Airways flight was arrested at Kolkata Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport on Monday after he was seen having a 'terror talk' on Snapchat (multimedia messaging app) by a co-passenger, media reports said.
The flight, which was going to Mumbai, was about to take off when the incident happened.
The co-passenger saw the man was allegedly sending a picture of a masked man with words "terrorist, destroy".
The man's action was reported to a cabin crew by his co-passenger.
The man was arrested immediately and taken into the police custody for questioning. His family has been called to the police station.
The man's father, however, said his son was "fooling around" with his friends, NDTV reported.
The police is checking whether the man is a threat.
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