NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Police in India's financial capital Mumbai have arrested a minor for allegedly posting online bomb threats to three flights earlier this week, India's aviation minister said.

Recent bomb hoax calls targeting Indian flights have used VPNs to hide the caller's location, posing challenges for investigators. Authorities are urging VPN providers to assist in tracking the threats' origins,

It has been raining threats over the past few days. Airlines in India are battling huge problems as threats are being made stating that bombs are placed on particular flights. While most of these threats have proved to be hoaxes,

More than a dozen fake bomb threats have been made against flights operated by multiple Indian air services this week.

In the past three days, starting from Monday, a total of 19 flights, all operated by Indian air carriers, including some flying on international routes, received bomb threats through social media. The police clarified that the boy was not behind the threats issued to flights on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Days after several bomb threats targeting flights were shared on social media, Central intelligence agencies have reportedly traced the IP addresses behind the threats to locations in London and Germany.