Bhatkal bomb threat email traced to accused in Mysuru prison
Bhtakal: The Uttara Kannada police have cracked the case of a bomb threat email sent to the Bhatkal Police Station, tracing it back to a habitual offender currently lodged in Mysuru prison.
The accused has been identified as Jatin Sharma, a native of Noida in Uttar Pradesh, as reported by The New Indian Express on Tuesday.
The threatening email, which claimed a bomb had been planted in Bhatkal town and would explode within 24 hours, was sent on July 10. Two emails were received in quick succession—one at 7:22 am with a brief message, "We have planted a bomb in the town", followed by another at 7:23 am warning, "It will blow off in 24 hours".
Police investigations revealed that Sharma, a repeat offender, used a mobile phone belonging to another inmate, Kannan Guruswamy of Munnar. The two reportedly met in Munnar jail. Sharma allegedly borrowed Kannan’s mobile phone under the pretext of contacting his wife but instead used it to send the bomb threat to Bhatkal police.
“Sharma who has worked in a hotel in Bhatkal, had issues with his live-in partner. He was arrested by the Noida police and convicted by a court. He is nursing a grudge against the police after this episode and is sending such emails. He is doing this out of hatred. He is facing at least 20 cases across the country of issuing bomb threats,” TNIE quoted Uttara Kannada SP M. Narayan as saying.
The accused typically stole or secretly used someone else’s mobile phone to send threat messages, without the knowledge of the phone’s actual owner.
“When we contacted the Munnar police, we learnt that the accused is in Mysuru jail. The Munnar police had obtained the body warrant for inquiry. We will bring him to Karwar for inquiry,” SP Narayan added.
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Bangladesh court sentences Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in corruption cases
Dhaka (PTI): A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in two separate corruption cases related to alleged irregularities in allocations of land in a government housing project.
Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-4 Judge Rabiul Alam handed down the verdicts, sentencing Hasina to a total of 10 years’ imprisonment — five years in each case, state-run BSS news agency reported.
The court sentenced 78-year-old Hasina, her nephew Radwan Mujib Siddiq, and her nieces, Tulip Rizwana Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq, and others in the cases over alleged irregularities in the allocation of plots under the Rajuk New Town Project in Purbachol.
The judgment was pronounced at around 12.30 pm.
Tulip Siddiq was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment — two years in each case — while Radwan Mujib Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq were each sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment in both cases.
Rajuk member Mohammad Khurshid Alam, the only accused to surrender before the court, was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment in each case, totalling two years.
The court also fined all convicted persons Tk1 lakh each and ordered them to serve an additional six months in prison in default of payment.
Hasina has been living in India since she fled Bangladesh on August 5 last year in the face of the massive protests. She was earlier declared a fugitive by the court.
The cases were filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over alleged abuse of power in the allocation of two 10-katha plots.
According to the prosecution, the accused manipulated the allocation process and violated existing rules and regulations of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk).
