B'luru Airport bomb hoax: Caller arrested, says did it to punish brother-in-law for divorcing sister
Bengaluru: The Bengaluru Police on Friday arrested a man for making a hoax threat call to Kempegowda International Airport in the wee hours of Friday causing panic among the passengers and security officials.
Hours after the hoax call, the police launched an investigation into the matter and traced the caller who had identified himself as Deepak on call. The caller who was later arrested by the cops has been identified as Subhashish Gupta.
The police said that he did it as an act of revenge against his brother-in-law, according to The News Minute. He made the call in his brother-in-law’s name to supposedly punish him for divorcing his sister, the police said.
Gupta, however, had made the call from his cellphone, which was traced to a paying guest accommodation at the city’s Wilson Garden area.
The police and Central Industrial Security Force posted at the airport were alerted after the control room received the call in the wee hours of Friday, following which bomb detection and disposal squads, as well as dog squads, carried out searches at the airport for abandoned bags or cargo.
After hours of extensive search and drills, the security officials had declared the call as hoax threat call and had initiated investigation into the matter.
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Bengaluru: Four arrested for housebreaking, threats, extortion; fake PSI among accused
Bengaluru: Vidyaranyapura police have arrested four persons, including a man posing as a Police Sub-Inspector (PSI), for allegedly breaking into a house, threatening the occupants, and extorting money while wearing police uniforms.
The arrested accused have been identified as Mallikarjuna, Pramod, Vinay, and Hrithik.
Police said the accused had hatched a plan to pose as police personnel, conduct fake raids, and extort money from residents by intimidation.
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According to the police, Mallikarjuna had failed the PSI examination twice and later falsely projected himself as a PSI. He allegedly conducted photo shoots in his hometown, Siraguppa, wearing a police uniform, baton, cap, and shoes, claiming to be serving as a PSI in Bengaluru.
On December 7, the four accused allegedly went to the house of Naveen in the Vidyaranyapura limits, threatened him with a stick and an iron rod, and claimed they had information that he was selling ganja. Under the pretext of searching, they allegedly extorted ₹87,000 through bank transfer, ₹53,000 in cash kept in the house, and ₹2,000 from his wallet.
Following Naveen’s complaint, Vidyaranyapura police registered a case and launched an operation, leading to the arrest of all four accused. Police have seized ₹45,000 in cash and the car used to commit the crime.
Further investigation is underway.
