A 28-year-old software engineer was arrested on Friday for claiming that there was a bomb on a Pune-Ranchi flight after getting into a fight with airline officials here, police said. Though his claim turned out to be false, it sent the authorities into a tizzy and the flight was delayed for three hours. Rushikesh Sawant, the accused, was subsequently arrested, said senior inspector Bharat Jadhav of Vimantal police station. Sawant escorted his wife to the Pune airport on Friday morning as she was to fly to Ranchi.

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