New Delhi: Hours after hoax bomb threats drove Delhi police up the wall, the police tracked down an 18-year-old boy, who had made some of those calls.
"In the night of July 14, at around half past 12, three calls were received in PCR that bombs were placed in three different places in Delhi, which included Akshardham Temple also," Madhup Tiwari, DCP, East, recalled.
The Delhi police tracked down an 18-year-old boy, who is a garment export factory worker, on Saturday in connection with the hoax bomb threats. Shahbad made the calls from a mobile phone that he had found at a bus stop.
The owner of the phone had already informed the police about his lost phone.
Delhi police has been on a high alert even since the Mumbai blasts and the phone calls sent alarm bells ringing through the police control rooms.
When questioned, Shahdab told the police that he was just up to some mischief. His little practical joke led to Shahbad's arrest. He has been booked under several Sections of the Indian Penal code.
But what is it that leads to such behaviour?
"In our terminology, we call it the impulse control disorders, where you have an inordinate amount of energy within. Some people engage in such things know that they are going to be caught.
But it's done to satisfy a desire from within, a craving, which cannot be quelled unless you engage in this kind of activity. The actual pleasure is obtained when they are caught," explains Shri Vidya, clinical psychologist.
A similar incident took place on Sunday, when the Delhi police were told that a bomb had been planted near the India Gate. This, too, turned out to be a false alarm.
An increase in the number of hoax bomb threats have led to lapses in essential services that the police could have provided where it was more urgently needed.
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