Man arrested for hoax bomb call targeting train in Kerala

A man in Kerala, India, made a phone call to the police saying there was a bomb on a train.

That sounds very serious, so police and railway officers searched the train right away.

They looked everywhere but found no bomb.

It was a hoax, which means it was a fake warning.

Police found out who made the call by checking the phone number.

They arrested the man and took him into custody.

The man said he was not joking — he said two women told him about the bomb and he was just telling the police.

The police still registered a case against him because they believed he made a false bomb claim.

Making a fake bomb threat is against the law because it scares people and wastes emergency time.