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Cancer survivor didn't want to leave ill wife for overseas job, plants hoax threat on flight

short by Garima Garg / on Saturday, 14 November 2026
A man in his mid-50s, himself a cancer survivor, was arrested for allegedly planting a hoax hijack threat note in Kolkata-Mumbai Air India flight's washroom. The accused was eventually headed to Africa for a job. However, he realised he didn't want to leave his ailing wife, a cancer patient, behind, and confessed to planting the note at the last moment.