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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Ranji Trophy Final: Jammu and Kashmir tighten grip with 527/6 vs Karnataka on Day 2
Hubballi (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir piled on the agony for Karnataka, reaching a commanding 527 for six against the eight-time champions before bad light forced an early end to the second day of the Ranji Trophy final here on Wednesday.
Resuming on 284/2, J&K batters capitalised on a good surface with Kanhaiya Wadhawan and skipper Paras Dogra scoring 70 each to keep the scoreboard moving at a steady pace.
Shubham Pundir (121) had set the tone earlier, while Yawer Hassan (88) and Abdul Samad (61) ensured Karnataka bowlers were made to toil for long periods.
Sahil Lotra, who found a place in the XI due to Vanshaj Sharma's injury, grabbed his opportunity with a fluent unbeaten 57 at No. 7, becoming the sixth J&K batter to cross the 50-run mark.
Abid Mushtaq was unbeaten on 20 as J&K ended the day firmly in control.
For Karnataka, pacer Prasidh Krishna was the pick of the bowlers with 3/90, but it was largely a day of hard grind for the hosts, who rotated as many as six bowlers.
Karun Nair also rolled his arm over for a couple of overs of part-time off-spin in search of a breakthrough.
Brief Scores:
Jammu and Kashmir: 527/6 in 156 overs (Shubham Pundir 121, Yawer Hassan 88, Paras Dogra 70, Kanhaiya Wadhawan 70, Abdul Samad 61, Sahil Lotra 57 batting, Abid Mushtaq 20 batting; Prasidh Krishna 3/90) vs Karnataka.
