Six arrested including BJP ZP member in Jan 26 Kota double murder case
Brahmavar: Six people have been arrested by the Kota police on Friday morning in connection with the double murder case of two youngsters which was reported on January 26 this year.
The murder of the two youngsters by rowdy sheeters had led to protests across the Taluka, with people demanding immediate arrests of the culprits.
Udupi police had formed five special teams to investigate the matter, led by several officers and supervised by Dy.SP Jaishankar.
On Thursday, Feb 7, history sheeters Rajashekhar Reddy (44) and Ravi alias Medical Ravi (42) were arrested from Madikeri in connection with the case, while alleged mastermind of the crime Raghavendra Kanchan (38) was on Thursday grilled by the cops followed by his arrest on Friday morning.
According to the reports, Reddy was in frequent touch with the two history sheeters from Jan 23, and reportedly the duo called Reddy immediately after murder.
Among others Harish Reddy (40), brother of Rajashekhar Reddy, M Ravichandra Poojary alias Ravi (27), Raghavendra Kanchan (38), Mahesh Kumar alias Mahesh Ganiga (38) from Kodavoor, from Laximinagar Kodavoor and have been arrested.
All the accused are expected to be presented in the court today.
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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.
