Bomb threat letter found onboard international flight in Ahmedabad; FIR registered
Ahmedabad, Feb 10 (PTI): An unidentified person was booked after a bomb threat letter was found on board a flight that landed at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport here from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on Monday morning, an official said.
As per the FIR, someone had written "Bomb is Here" on tissue paper, which was left under the seat of an IndiGo flight that arrived at around 9:20 am with 174 passengers.
"Nothing suspicious was found during a thorough check of the aircraft. A First Information Report was registered against an unidentified person at Airport police station after statements were recorded of passengers and forensic samples were collected," Zone IV Deputy Commissioner of Police Kanan Desai said.
The FIR has been registered section 351(3) (criminal intimidation by treating to cause death or grievous hurt, or to cause the destruction of any property by fire) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and relevant sections of Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Civil Aviation Act 1982, the DCP said.
The note was found by airline staff after passengers had alighted, following which police, Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) and other security agencies launched an investigation, said Sharad Singhal, joint commissioner of police, crime branch.
"Forensic experts have also been called to match the fingerprints and handwriting of passengers to check if any of them was behind the act," Singhal added.
As per the FIR, the flight was supposed to go to Lucknow from here, but it got delayed and was eventually rescheduled due to the bomb threat.
"IndiGo flight 6E-76, from Jeddah to Ahmedabad had received a security alert. All standard operating procedures were followed with mandated security checks and all passengers were safely disembarked," the airline said in a statement.
"The aircraft was positioned back to the terminal post clearance from relevant authorities. Ensuring the safety and security of our customers and crew remains paramount in all facets of our operations," it added.
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Karnataka: Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre unveils plan for scientific disposal of plastic bottles
Bengaluru: In a bid to address the mounting plastic waste problem, Eshwar B. Khandre, Minister for Forests, Ecology, and Environment, has directed the additional chief secretary of the department to formulate regulations that will require packaged water bottle manufacturers to take responsibility for the scientific disposal of plastic bottles.
As part of the proposed plan, Khandre has suggested introducing a minimum price for each water bottle, which would be refunded when the bottle is returned to any establishment selling packaged water, as reported by Deccan Herald on Monday.
Under this initiative, when a person buys a new water bottle, the minimum price for each returned bottle would be discounted from the bill for the new one.
The goal is to ensure that empty bottles are returned to the shops where they were purchased, preventing them from being discarded in public spaces or ending up in the environment. Under the plan, these establishments would then return the empty bottles to manufacturers, who would be responsible for the scientific disposal of the plastic.
Khandre emphasised that the proposed regulations are aimed at tackling plastic pollution more effectively. Although the central government has already banned the manufacture, storage, sale, and use of certain single-use plastics, and the state government has enacted similar regulations, plastic waste continues to be a significant environmental challenge.
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