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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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
