Basrur Shankar Poojary who was jailed in Kuwait released
Udupi, Jan 15: Shankar Poojary (40) of Basrur in Kundapura who was jailed in Kuwait for the last seven months on charges of carrying banned medicine from his native place to Kuwait, it is reported.
Shankar Poojary was working at an Agriculture and Food Product Company in Kuwait and in May, he had come to his native place on ten days leave. While going back to Kuwait, he had taken a parcel from a person following his friend’s request.
When he landed in Kuwait, the custom police officers checked him and recovered the parcel in which banned tablets were found.
On this charge, the police put him behind the bars. Udupi district administration, Kannada Rakshana Vedike leader Ansar Ahmed and Human Rights Foundation have put pressure on the government to release Poojary.
“With the help and efforts of everyone, I have got the information that my husband is released from the Kuwait jail. Businessman Pushparaj from Kuwait has called me and informed it. Tomorrow, my husband will go to his company and it will be confirmed whether he will continue work there or not. His Visa will expire on February 4”, Jyothi Basrur, wife of Shankar Poojary told Varthabharati.
“Billava Sangha of Kuwait, and Tulu Kootas have strived hard. My husband has not yet called me. My husband may call me tomorrow. I am thankful for Pushparaj and various organizations which supported me in the fight”, Jyothi said.
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Airlines got 999 hoax bomb threats till Nov 14 this year; 256 FIRs filed: Govt
New Delhi, Nov 28: Airlines received 999 hoax bomb threats this year till November 14 and as many as 256 FIRs have been filed while guidelines have been issued by aviation security regulator BCAS for objective assessment of threats, the government said on Thursday.
In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol said a total of 1,148 hoax bomb threat messages/calls have been received since August 2022 till November 14, 2024 threatening the operations of international and domestic air travel.
While 999 threats were received by airlines during the period from January to November 14, 2024, the count stood at 122 last year and at 27 for the August-December 2022 period.
"256 FIRs have been filed since January 2024 till 14 November 2024, out of which 163 FIRs have been filed during 14 October- 14 November 2024. 12 arrests have been made in view of hoax bomb threat since January 2024 till 14 November 2024," the minister said.
The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has issued guidelines for objective assessment of threats. The indicative factor has been useful in reducing time taken by the Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC) during the decision-making process.
"Also, to reduce the overall time taken for convening BTAC to less than 5 minutes, virtual assembly of BTAC through pre-generated video link has been set up. Further, advisories for compulsory 10 per cent of secondary ladder point check-in for all flights, strict monitoring of non-scheduled flight operations, enhanced security measures and surveillance at cargo terminals were issued," Mohol said.
Further, the minister said the government is considering amending the Aircraft (Security) Rules, 2023 to put hoax threat messenger in the no-fly list.
"It is also being considered to amend Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Civil Aviation for covering Aircraft in flight as well as on ground, airport etc," he added.
