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Time of India
06-07-2025
- Time of India
SVPI airport gets bomb threat, turns out to be a hoax
Ahmedabad: The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport in the city received a fresh bomb threat email on June 29, prompting immediate activation of security protocols, according to a complaint filed with airport police on Saturday evening. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Neelmani Sharma, landside security manager with the Adani group at the airport, is the complainant in the case. According to the FIR, Sharma received the threatening email on the company's official IDs at around 10.23am. The message, sent from the ID roadkillandkyokill@ stated "powerful explosive devices are hidden inside backpacks placed around the airport", and warned of potential fatalities. The senders signed off as "Roadkill" and "Kyo," claiming responsibility and instructing that the message be circulated to news outlets. The Airport Bomb Threat Committee convened at 10.45am. By 11.15am, the committee officially declared the email as a non-specific threat after evaluation. Representatives from the Adani group, local police, CISF, IB and airport security participated in the assessment. Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) teams conducted thorough searches across the airport premises, but no suspicious items or explosive materials were found. The sender of the email remains unidentified. This incident adds to a growing list of such threats targeting the airport. In the past two years, the facility received over 40 bomb threat complaints, including 31 in the current financial year. Most threats came via emails, calls or notes, often causing temporary shutdowns and intense security activity. On Feb 10, 2025, a note reading, "Bomb is here", was found on an Indigo flight from Jeddah. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now In 2024, a series of email threats were recorded in May and June, one of which claimed bombs were placed near airport washrooms. The fresh case has surfaced just days afer the arrest of Birju Salla, who gained notoreity in 2017 after planting a hijack threat note on a flight. He was the first person to be booked under the stringent Anti-Hijacking Act, 2018. While Salla was acquitted by the high court in 2023 due to lack of evidence, he is presently under scrutiny in two separate threat note cases — one involving a bomb threat on an IndiGo flight from Ahmedabad to Jeddah in Nov 2024 and another targeting the Ahmedabad airport in Jan this year.
India Today
04-07-2025
- India Today
Birju Salla, infamous for Jet Airways bomb hoax, arrested in cheating case
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police on Friday arrested Birju Salla for allegedly cheating and defrauding a Mumbai-based jeweller of Rs 12.77 on a tip-off, Mumbai EOW, with assistance from the Ahmedabad Crime Branch, apprehended him from a five-star hotel in Ahmedabad on Salla, who gained notoriety as the first person to be convicted under the Anti-Hijacking Act, was later acquitted in the same case by the Gujarat High Court. advertisement In 2017, he was accused of placing a hijack threat note onboard a Jet Airways flight, leading to his arrest and subsequent conviction by a sessions court. However, the Gujarat High Court overturned the is also a suspect in a separate hijacking threat incident involving an IndiGo Airlines flight from the latest case, Salla had reportedly been absconding after allegedly defrauding the jeweller. Mumbai Police is conducting a further investigation into the case.- Ends IN THIS STORY#Mumbai
Time of India
03-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Mumbai Economic Offences Wing takes custody of hijack threat accused Birju Salla in Rs 12.77 crore fraud case
Ahmedabad: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai police took custody of Birju Salla, a Mumbai-based businessman previously convicted in a hijack threat case, from the Ahmedabad city crime branch on Thursday morning. The action follows his arrest in a multi-crore cheating case involving a jewellery businessman in Mumbai. According to crime branch officials, Salla was arrested on Wednesday from a five-star hotel on Ashram Road where he checked in under a false identity. He was wanted in connection with a Rs 12.77 crore jewellery fraud registered by the EOW of Mumbai police. Soon after his arrest, a Mumbai police team arrived in Ahmedabad and formally took over his custody for further investigation. Salla is already under scrutiny in two separate threat note cases — one involving a bomb threat on an IndiGo flight from Ahmedabad to Jeddah in Nov 2024, and another targeting the Ahmedabad airport in Jan this year. He gained notoriety in 2017 after planting a hijack threat note on a Jet Airways flight and was the first person to be booked under the stringent Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016. He was sentenced to life imprisonment but was later acquitted by the Gujarat high court in 2023 due to lack of evidence. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch vàng CFDs với sàn môi giới tin cậy IC Markets Tìm hiểu thêm Undo You Can Also Check: Ahmedabad AQI | Weather in Ahmedabad | Bank Holidays in Ahmedabad | Public Holidays in Ahmedabad In the Mumbai case, complainant Shailesh Jain, a jewellery businessman from Zaveri Bazaar, alleged that Salla took jewellery worth Rs 14 crore on approval in Nov 2024 and failed to return articles valued at Rs 12.77 crore. His anticipatory bail was denied on June 27. Salla is now being questioned in both fraud and bomb hoax cases.
Time of India
03-07-2025
- Time of India
Mumbai EOW takes custody of Birju Salla in jewellery fraud case
Ahmedabad: Mumbai Police's economic offences wing (EOW) took custody of Birju Salla, a Mumbai-based businessman previously convicted and then acquitted in a hijack-threat case, from Ahmedabad City Police's crime branch Thursday morning. The action follows his arrest in a multi-crore cheating case involving a Mumbai jeweller. Crime branch officials said Salla was arrested Wednesday from a city five-star hotel where he had checked in under a false identity. He was wanted in connection with a Rs 12.7 crore jewellery fraud case registered by Mumbai Police's EOW. Soon after his arrest, a Mumbai Police team arrived in Ahmedabad and formally took over his custody. Shailesh Jain, a jewellery businessman from Mumbai's Zaveri Bazaar, alleged Salla took jewellery worth Rs 14 crore on approval in Nov 2024 but failed to return articles valued at Rs 12.7 crore. Salla's anticipatory bail was denied on June 27. You Can Also Check: Mumbai AQI | Weather in Mumbai | Bank Holidays in Mumbai | Public Holidays in Mumbai Salla is already under scrutiny in two separate cases — one involving a bomb threat on an IndiGo flight to Jeddah in Nov 2024 and another targeting Ahmedabad airport in Jan this year. He gained notoriety in 2017 after allegedly planting a hijack-threat note on a Jet Airways flight and was the first person to be convicted under the Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016. He was sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court but was acquitted by Gujarat HC in 2023 due to lack of evidence. Salla is being questioned in both fraud and bomb hoax cases.
Time of India
03-07-2025
- Time of India
Now, Birju Salla questioned in 2 more bomb threat cases
1 2 Ahmedabad: Birju Salla, a businessman from Mumbai who gained infamy as the first person to be convicted under the amended Anti-Hijacking Act for the hijack threat on a Jet Airways flight in 2017, has been detained by the Ahmedabad crime branch police yet again on suspicions of planting a bomb threat note on another flight in November last year and a threat note received by city airport in January this year. While Salla is being questioned with regard to threat notes, the city crime branch arrested him on Wednesday in connection with a case of fraud he allegedly committed in Mumbai. After knowing about Salla's arrest, a team of EOW of Mumbai police reached the city crime branch office to take Salla's custody, sources said. Salla is suspected to be behind a bomb threat note found on an IndiGo Airlines' Lucknow-Jeddah flight on Nov 10, 2024, just before its scheduled departure. On Wednesday morning, the Ahmedabad crime branch picked up Salla for questioning from a five-star hotel on Ashram Road in the city, where he had reportedly checked in under a false identity after being recently named in a Rs 12.77 crore fraud by a Mumbai jeweller. Besides the bomb hoax charges, officers said he may also be booked for using forged documents to assume a new identity. You Can Also Check: Ahmedabad AQI | Weather in Ahmedabad | Bank Holidays in Ahmedabad | Public Holidays in Ahmedabad On Oct 30, 2017, Salla threw an entire airline into chaos with planting a hijack threat in the plane toilet, and was convicted for life by a National Investigation Agency (NIA) court. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Is it better to shower in the morning or at night? Here's what a microbiologist says CNA Read More Undo He was acquitted of the charges in 2023 by the Gujarat high court for lack of evidence after spending six years in prison. A crime branch officer said, "Salla again wanted to take revenge on a person who is yet to be confirmed, and planted another piece of paper last year with 'bumb' written on it. There is multiple evidence showing he was behind those threats." On Nov 10 last year, the bomb threat was found taped to the seat of a commode on the IndiGo flight with 158 passengers including two children, just before its scheduled departure from Ahmedabad at 10.55pm. A crew member spotted the note at 10.38pm during routine checks. Following security protocols, all passengers were deboarded, and a thorough search was conducted. No explosive was found. Authorities declared the incident a hoax. The flight had a scheduled halt in Ahmedabad, said a crime branch officer. The officer said, "Another such threat was issued for the city airport in January this year. Both cases were filed with Airport police and the complaint pertaining to the threat received in November last year was transferred to the city crime branch for investigation." On June 10 this year, Mumbai's Shailesh Kantilal Jain, who runs a handmade jewellery business from Zaveri Bazaar and has known Salla professionally for years, filed an FIR against him with Mumbai police's Economic Offences Wing. The 56-year-old's FIR states, "On Nov 18, 2024, Salla allegedly took jewellery worth Rs 14 crore from Jain on an approval basis." Salla allegedly returned only Rs 1.47 crore worth of goods between Nov 25 and Dec 20, 2024, but the remaining articles worth Rs 12.77 crore (including GST), was never returned, Jain has alleged and has submitted copies of signed approval vouchers, post-dated cheques, and screenshots of conversations as evidence. Based on the complaint, Mumbai police booked Salla for cheating and criminal breach of trust. A crime branch officer said that Salla approached a Mumbai court with his anticipatory bail plea, which was rejected on June 27. "After that, he allegedly went underground and used forged documents to hide in Ahmedabad. He forged an Aadhaar card and used a different identity to stay in the five-star hotel on Ashram Road but was finally caught," the officer said.
