Jilted in love, woman behind fake bomb threat emails to Bengaluru schools arrested
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Bengaluru: The Cyber Crime Police of Bengaluru North Division have arrested a woman identified as Rene Joshilda for allegedly sending fake bomb threat emails to several schools and colleges in the city.
According to police, 30-year-old Rene Joshilda, originally from Tamil Nadu, was brought to Bengaluru from Ahmedabad Central Jail in Gujarat through a body warrant. During interrogation, she reportedly admitted to having sent the fake bomb threats.
Rene, a robotic engineer by profession and a BE graduate, had previously worked with a private company. On June 14, a private school under the Kalasipalya police limits received an email claiming a bomb threat. Similar emails were later sent to other schools across Bengaluru, causing widespread panic.
City Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh had transferred the investigation of these serial fake bomb threat cases to the Cyber Crime Police of the North Division. Using technical analysis, the police traced the messages back to Rene.
Investigations revealed that the accused had been using VPN services to hide her location and operated multiple WhatsApp accounts, around six to seven, using virtual numbers created through the Gatecode application. Police said she had sent fake bomb threats not only to schools in Karnataka but also to educational institutions across at least 11 other states.
The accused reportedly took to this activity after a personal dispute. She was said to be in love with a man named Prabhakar from Bengaluru, who rejected her. When he got married to another woman earlier this year, Rene allegedly decided to tarnish his image. She created an email account using his name and sent threatening messages to various schools and institutions across India, claiming that “schools would be blown up like the Air India plane crash at Narendra Modi Stadium in Gujarat.”
Rene has seven cases registered against her in Bengaluru alone and more than 40 cases across Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Punjab, and other states. She was earlier arrested by Ahmedabad police and sent to judicial custody. After her role was confirmed in the Bengaluru cases through technical evidence, city police took her into custody for further questioning.
Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh confirmed that investigations are ongoing into her involvement in similar fake bomb threat cases nationwide.
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TCS orders probe, engages external experts in Nashik Case
Mumbai: Tata Consultancy Services on Friday said it has initiated a formal internal investigation into allegations linked to its Nashik unit and engaged independent external experts to ensure transparency in the process.
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director K Krithivasan was quoted by The Observer Post as saying that the company has appointed Deloitte and Trilegal as independent counsel to support the probe. The internal investigation is being led by Aarthi Subramanian.
The company has constituted a supervisory committee chaired by independent director Keki Mistry, which will oversee the process. The committee will also review findings and monitor the implementation of recommendations.
Krithivasan said a preliminary review of the company’s internal systems and records had not revealed any complaints of the nature being alleged through its ethics or POSH channels.
He also clarified that an employee named in media reports, Nida Khan, was not part of the human resources function and did not hold any leadership role. He informed that she worked as a process associate.
The company has also rejected reports suggesting that operations at the Nashik facility had been suspended. It asserted that the unit continues to function without disruption with a zero-tolerance policy towards misconduct.
