Techie Ajitabh missing case: HC orders CBI probe
Bengaluru, October 22: The Karnataka High Court has ordered CBI probe into the missing case of software engineer Kumar Ajitabh from Whitefield of Bengaluru.
Hearing a petition filed by Ajitabh’s father Ashok Kumar Sinha from Bihar demanding CBI enquiry into his son’s missing case on November 18, 2017, the Single Judge Bench headed by Justice Aravind Kumar ordered CBI probe into the case.
Ajitabh has been working as a software engineer in the British Telecom Company at Bellandur in the city for the last five years. He went outside of his house to show his car to a person who asked his car for buying in OLX and went missing.
Later, a complaint was lodged at Whitefield police station on Ajithab’s missing. When the police have failed to get any indication about Ajitabh, his father moved the High Court seeking CBI probe into the case. The Single Judge Bench had directed the government to constitute a Special Investigation Team to investigate the case. Though the SIT officials tried in all angles, they have failed to establish a breakthrough in the case as they did not get cooperation from the neighbouring states investigating agencies. Following this, the High Court ordered CBI investigation into the case.
The Bench observed that CBI investigation was necessary to take the case to a logical end. During investigation, some reports should be taken from international agencies. Submit all documents collected by the SIT to the CBI which will not face any problem in communication and coordination as it is a national investigation agency. This decision would help the CBI to get cooperation from state agencies in its investigation, the Court observed.
Already, CID team has collected information through call records, Google check-up and Interpol. But still, there is no information about the missing techie.
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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.
