A music channel anchor on Monday set off a hijack and bomb scare on board a Mumbai-bound Jet Airways flight from Kochi carrying 170 passengers and crew after which he was taken into custody along with his male friend, police said. A spokesman of Cochin International Airport Limited(CIAL) said the man was detained for allegedly shooting a video of the Jet aircraft using a mobile phone and writing a message to say he was going to hijack the plane using a 'happy bomb'.

Police said the Mumbai-based man identified as Clince Varghese, 26, and hailing from Thrissur district was an anchor of a popular music channel