Mangaluru woman arrested for impersonating as IGP Roopa
Bengaluru: Banashankari police have arrested a lady hailing from Mangaluru for allegedly impersonating as IPS officer and IGP (Home Guards) D Roopa and calling a police official in Lucknow to book a room in five-star hotel for her.
The accused has been identified as Asha Prakash (45) a resident of Mangaluru.
According to the reports Asha called a police officer in Lucknow in third week of December last year and asked him to book her a room in a five-star hotel in the city from 29 December to 3 January.
The officer booked the room accordingly. Another officer from Lucknow who personally knew Roopa called her personally and asked about her trip and why didn’t she inform him about the trip. A shocked Roopa denied making any such calls and filed a complaint at Banashankari police station in this regard.
The police then tracked down the number from which the call was made to the officer in Lucknow and traced Asha in Mangaluru.
Asha initially denied making any such calls and also claimed that her mobile phone was stolen a month back and that she had filed a complaint in this regard as well at Pandeshwar police station. She also presented the acknowledgement slip provided by the Pandeshwar police.
Police however continued their investigation and then discovered that the number through which the call was made was being used in the same mobile phone with same IMEI number as that of which was being used by Asha at present.
According to a report published in Times of India website, Asha then confessed to committing the crime but did not reveal the motive behind it. “As the case was a non-heinous crime, she secured bail immediately” police said.
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Air India flight from Mumbai makes 'priority' landing in Bhopal after snag; return leg cancelled
Bhopal (PTI): A Bhopal-bound Air India flight from Mumbai carrying 175 persons on board made a “priority” landing here on Sunday due to a snag, an airport official said.
The aircraft landed safely at Bhopal airport at 3.20 pm, he said.
Consequently, the return leg of the flight from Bhopal to Mumbai, with 178 passengers booked, was cancelled, the official said.
AAI-run Bhopal airport said in a statement that Air India flight AI 633 “reported a technical issue to Air Traffic Control (ATC) during the flight from Mumbai to Bhopal”.
Immediately, all prescribed safety protocols were activated, and seamless coordination was ensured between ATC, airline ground operations, CISF and airpiort fire and rescue team of Bhopal airport, it said in a statement.
The flight, carrying 175 persons, including 166 passengers and nine crew members, landed safely at Bhopal airport at 3.20 pm, the airport operator said.
All necessary assistance and support were extended by the airport and airline teams as per the requirements of the flight crew, it said.
“Due to the technical issue, the aircraft was declared unserviceable, and as a precautionary measure, the return flight AI-634 (Bhopal to Mumbai) was cancelled by the airline to facilitate detailed inspection and rectification,” the statement said.
