Kerala Police detains four Karnataka police officials over bribery allegations
Kochi: Four police officials, including an inspector, from Karnataka have been detained by the Kerala police following allegations of accepting money from an accused in a cheating case. The incident took place in Kochi on August 1 when the Karnataka police team came to arrest two individuals related to a cheating case in Karnataka.
According to police sources, the Karnataka police team allegedly accepted an illegal payment of Rs. 3.95 lakh from the two accused during their visit to Kochi. Acting upon a complaint lodged in connection with the bribery incident, the Kalamassery police in Kochi took the four Karnataka police officials into custody on Wednesday evening.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Baby P V stated that the Kerala police authorities are in contact with the Karnataka police to verify the details of the detained officials and the purpose of their visit to Kochi. Based on the findings from this communication, further actions will be taken. A case has already been registered in relation to the incident.
The detained Karnataka police officials include Whitefield CEN Police Inspector Shivaprakash, Head constables Vijaykumar and Shivani, and constable Sandesh.
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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.
