Police looking for Udupi man Aditya Rao in Mangaluru Airport explosives case?
Mangaluru: Mangaluru Police investigating the explosives found at the ticket counter of Mangaluru International Airport on Monday has reportedly zeroed down on the suspect.
According to information, Aditya Rao (40), who is a resident of Manipal in Udupi District is on the police radar in the investigation and that two teams have been formed to trace him. Although the police have officially not confirmed the reports, it is believed that Aditya has emerged as their main suspect in the case.
Aditya has a criminal history and was arrested in August 2018 for making threat calls at the Kempegowda International Airport and Sangolli Rayanna Railway Station in Bengaluru claiming that bombs were planted at the two spots. He was sent to jail in the case.
An Engineering and MBA Graduate, Aditya had allegedly applied for the job of security personnel at the Bengaluru Airport. It was then alleged that he made the hoax calls to avenge his non-selection for the applied position.
Reports further add that the investigating team has matched the face of suspect’s CCTV image and Aditya Rao while also matching his voice samples of the calls made by Aditya to Bengaluru Airport and the call received by Mangaluru Airport authorities on Monday.
The police is also reportedly investigating the involvement of another person in the case suspecting that another person arrived at the airport before Aditya and checked the positions of CCTV cameras and gave a blueprint of the camera positions which might have helped Aditya to avoid getting caught clearly by any of the cameras at the airport.
The investigating teams are probing the matter from various angles and have so far questioned various people and have also interrogated the auto-driver who was hired by the suspect to reach the airport. Police have also called on people to help the investigation if they have any inputs or information regarding the case.
A team of Mangaluru Police also reportedly visited Manipal, assisted by the local police, visited Aditya’s house in Manipal where they failed to find any clue about him and locals informed them that Aditya’s mother had passed away and his father lives in Mangaluru.
The police team then tried to look for Aditya at Udupi bus stops and lodgings but was unable to get any traces of him before returning back to Mangaluru in the evening.
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Stray dogs case: We will play video, ask you what is humanity, SC tells petitioner
New Delhi (PTI): Responding to a petitioner in the stray dogs case who objected to some rules framed by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) saying "inhuman" treatment was being meted out to them, the Supreme Court on Thursday said a video will be played in the next hearing, "asking you what is humanity".
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who is appearing in the stray dogs case, told a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta that a three-judge special bench which was scheduled to assemble on Thursday to hear the matter was cancelled.
"It will come on January 7," Justice Nath said.
Sibal said, "The problem is that the MCD, in the meantime, has framed some rules which are completely contrary.color:red;"
He urged the bench to hear the matter on Friday, saying authorities don't even have dog shelters. "It is very very inhuman what is being done," Sibal said.
Justice Mehta, in an apparent reference to the stray dog menace, said "On the next date, we will play a video for your benefit and we will ask you what is humanity," .
Sibal responded that they will also play a video to show what was happening.
"The problem is your lordships has passed an order and we respect that. But the point is, there are statutory rules," he said.
When the bench said it would consider the matter on January 7, Sibal said the authorities will implement the rules in December itself.
"They will be implementing it and they will be removing the dogs. They don't have shelters," he said.
Justice Nath said, "It is alright Mr Sibal. Let them do it, we will consider."
The bench said it would hear the matter on January 7.
On November 7, taking note of the "alarming rise" in dog bite incidents within institutional areas like educational institutions, hospitals and railway stations, the apex court directed the forthwith relocation of stray canines to designated shelters after due sterilisation and vaccination.
A three-judge special bench had also said the stray dogs so picked up shall not be released back in the place they were picked up from.
The bench had directed the authorities to ensure the removal of all cattle and other stray animals from state highways, national highways and expressways.
It had said recurrence of dog bite incidents within institutional areas, including sports complexes, reflected not only administrative apathy but also a "systemic failure" to secure these premises from preventable hazards.
The top court had passed a slew of directions in the suo motu case over the stray dog menace.
It is hearing a suo motu case, initiated on July 28 over a media report on stray dog bites leading to rabies, particularly among children, in the national capital.
