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Time of India
26-06-2025
- Time of India
Chennai tech consultant denies involvement in bomb threat mail case
Ahmedabad: Rene Joshilda, a 32-year-old tech consultant from Chennai, who was arrested for allegedly sending over 21 hoax bomb threat emails across 12 states—including Gujarat—has claimed she was being falsely implicated. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The emails had triggered panic across schools, hospitals, and key public sites including the Narendra Modi Stadium and BJ Medical College. "She was difficult from the start, lashing out at officers and denying involvement in fluent English," said a senior cybercrime official. According to the FIR, during questioning at the Shahibaug Cyber Crime office, Joshilda screamed, "I don't want to live, I want to die," climbed onto a table, picked up a poker, and attempted to assault officers. One officer was reportedly suffered injury due to her nails during the scuffle. She was booked under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for assaulting public servants and obstructing govt work. Sources in the cybercrime unit alleged that Joshilda's actions were driven by personal revenge. She allegedly targeted a male colleague she was infatuated with, after he married someone else. In a bid to frame him, she reportedly sent threats under male aliases and even linked him to false rape and terror allegations. Joshilda, who worked with Deloitte USI, was tracked down using digital forensics despite her extensive use of VPNs, dark web tools, fake email accounts, and over 80 virtual phone numbers to mask her identity. Investigators say a minor digital slip eventually led them to her. She was arrested from Chennai and brought to Ahmedabad. For the first two days, she cried and pleaded innocence, but later took a calmer approach, insisting she wasn't involved in any crime, said cyber crime sleuths.
Time of India
24-06-2025
- Time of India
Jaipur police to quiz cyber expert held in Ahmedabad for multiple bomb hoaxes
Jaipur: A Jaipur police team will question 30-year-old Rene Joshilda, arrested Monday by Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Cell, for allegedly sending a string of hoax bomb threat emails to several locations across the country, including the SMS Stadium in Jaipur and other venues. Joshilda, a robotics expert, currently employed as a senior consultant at a private firm, allegedly sent at least four threatening emails last month targeting the SMS Stadium during the IPL season. According to police estimates, Jaipur alone received at least 65 hoax threat emails in 2025, most of which targeted schools, with additional threats aimed at stadiums, court complexes, metro stations, hotels, medical colleges, and the airport. You Can Also Check: Jaipur AQI | Weather in Jaipur | Bank Holidays in Jaipur | Public Holidays in Jaipur "Initial investigations have confirmed her involvement in the threat emails sent to SMS Hospital between May 8 and May 13," an official said. Police sources also indicated that Joshilda may be questioned in connection with different threat emails besides SMS Stadium, including the one sent on May 18, which falsely claimed bomb attacks at two court complexes—Tonk Road Family Court and the Metro Court in Bani Park—and a metro station in Mansarovar. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Paras Sector 59 Gurgaon | Paras Floret Low-Rise Flats Birla Book Now Undo Investigations revealed that Joshilda purchased at least 80 virtual mobile numbers and relied on VPN services to conceal her digital trail. Police said she created multiple fake email accounts under male identities to mislead authorities and used cyber tools, including spoofed email IDs.
India Today
24-06-2025
- India Today
Love unrequited, woman techie tries to frame co-worker for Air India crash
In the cold glow of a computer screen, Rene Joshilda plotted revenge. With every click, she crafted terror—not with explosives, but with words. And she always signed them with the name of the man who had become the subject of her single-minded the past year, Ahmedabad Police say Joshilda, a robotics engineer and senior consultant with Deloitte in Chennai, sent hoax bomb threats to more than 20 locations across India: stadiums, schools, airports and hospitals. Her targets included the iconic Narendra Modi Stadium in motive, police say, was deeply personal. Joshilda wanted to frame her colleague, who did not return her affections and got married earlier this year, enraging her. "She was in one-sided love with a Brahmin boy," said a senior official with Ahmedabad Police's Cyber Crime branch. "When he got married, she started planning revenge. She wanted to ruin him."The emails, sent over months, triggered panic across 11 states: Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Kerala, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Punjab. Each time, police scrambled teams, evacuated buildings and launched search operations. Every alert turned out to be by the police as highly educated and meticulous, Joshilda utilised the dark web and encrypted email IDs, even using Pakistani VPN and accounts in the name of the man who never reciprocated her feelings. All this was to mask her identity and implicate a day after Air India's flight AI 171 crashed into the BJ Medical College in Ahmedabad, college authorities received a chilling email."We crashed the Air India plane yesterday. You thought it was a hoax. Now you know we're serious." The message went on to warn of more mail was eventually traced to Rene her technical know-how and efforts to destroy all digital evidence, Ahmedabad cybercrime officials managed to pinpoint a technical slip-up that led them to her doorstep in Chennai. She was arrested last week."She told us that if she had not been caught, she was planning to send two or three more emails during the upcoming Rath Yatra," the official also revealed a pattern of harassment in Joshilda's past. She allegedly harassed former friends in 2021 and 2022 by creating fake WhatsApp and Instagram accounts using virtual numbers to impersonate case has now drawn the attention of state police departments across the country. They are coordinating with Gujarat Police to examine related remains in custody and faces multiple charges under the IT Act and criminal law.- Ends
News18
24-06-2025
- News18
'You Thought It Was A Hoax': Chennai Woman Behind Bomb Scare Emails Took Ahmedabad Crash Credit
Last Updated: Chennai tech consultant Rene Joshilda sent hoax bomb threats to multiple cities, claiming she orchestrated the Air India crash in Ahmedabad. A Chennai-based woman accused of sending dozens of bomb threats across Gujarat and other Indian states also claimed responsibility for the Air India crash in Ahmedabad earlier this month, investigators speaking to the Times of India said. The woman, Rene Joshilda, a senior consultant at a multinational tech firm, allegedly ran a coordinated hoax campaign using spoofed emails, VPNs and the dark web to target schools, hospitals and high-security zones. The police said that her motive was to frame a man she wanted to marry. In an email sent to Ahmedabad's BJ Medical College on June 13, she referenced the Air India disaster and wrote: 'We crashed the Air India plane yesterday. You thought it was a hoax. Now you know we're serious." She warned that more attacks would follow. Police later confirmed that this mail too came from Joshilda, sent as part of her attempt to escalate public fear and implicate her former partner, Divij Prabhakar, who married someone else earlier this year. The crash she referred to, involving Air India flight AI-171, had already sparked widespread speculation and was now being used by Joshilda as a scare tactic, investigators said. The case began with a bomb threat received by an Ahmedabad school on June 3, triggering a nationwide investigation. Over the next several days, more emails surfaced targeting public institutions including the Narendra Modi Stadium and BJ Medical College. Investigators said she used a mix of fake email IDs, anonymized virtual phone numbers, and secure browsers to mask her tracks, launching threats timed with religious festivals, school schedules, and VIP movements in at least 12 states including Maharashtra, Delhi, Rajasthan and Kerala. Despite these precautions, a small technical error reportedly led officers to her residence in Chennai, where she was arrested. 'We were tracking her for a long time," a senior police officer said. 'She was very smart and didn't reveal her virtual trail, but due to a small mistake of hers, we tracked her and caught her from her house in Chennai." Police also recovered digital devices and documents linking her to the threats. Officials said that the email trails, technical footprints and her motive was built around the rejection she faced.
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First Post
24-06-2025
- First Post
Toxic love: How a Chennai techie's obsession with a man led to 21 bomb threats
The case seems straight out of an episode of the hit TV show 'Crime Patrol'. The Ahmedabad police have arrested a robotics engineer from Chennai for allegedly sending hoax bomb threats across the country. Her motive, the police say, was to implicate her male colleague, whom she loved read more Love is not always rosy. Sometimes, it takes an ugly turn, singeing those involved. One such tale has come to light, when apparently a one-sided love led to a woman committing dark crimes. After the man she loved married another woman, a robotics engineer from Chennai allegedly used her tech skills to frame him by sending hoax bomb threats. The 30-year-old accused's actions sent panic across the country. Here's a look at the strange case. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD What happened? On June 3, a school in Ahmedabad's Sarkhej area received an email threatening to blow up the premises. It read: 'Police are sleeping, they cannot do anything… We are going to blast a bomb in your school…'. The Geneva Liberal School got similar emails over the next three days. After a few days, a school in Ahmedabad's Bopal received threats along the same line. Around this time, the BJ Medical College and Civil Hospital, where the Air India Ahmedabad-London flight crashed this month, got an email. 'I think now you know power. Like we sent you mail yesterday, we crashed the Air India plane with our former CM (Vijay Rupani). We know the police would have thought that the plane crash was a hoax and ignored it. Well done to our pilot. Now you know we are not playing. Now you know,' the mail reportedly read, referring to the June 12 Air India disaster. Wreckage from the Air India plane crash lies atop a building in Ahmedabad, June 14, 2025. File Photo/AP Besides Gujarat, similar hoax bomb threats were reported in 11 other states, including Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Bihar, Telangana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Tamil Nadu. How 'love' took a dark turn An FIR was registered by the Geneva Liberal School in Ahmedabad earlier in June. On Saturday (June 21), the police arrested a woman, identified as Rene Joshilda, who they accused of writing the threat emails in an 'attempt to frame a man she was in love with, but who had married someone else'. According to the police, the 30-year-old used fake email IDs, virtual private networks (VPNs), and the dark web to stay off the radar, reported PTI. Joshilda, who was nabbed from her residence in Chennai, was working as a senior consultant in one of the Big Four accounting firms. The police said that the robotics engineer was in love with her male colleague, who was unaware of her feelings. Joshilda's obsession with him was so toxic that she allegedly harassed women who interacted with her 'love interest'. As per a Times of India (TOI) report, she is said to have forged a marriage certificate with the colleague and circulated it to all her colleagues at the office. 'She has done her engineering from Chennai and a course in Robotics. Currently, she is a senior consultant at Deloitte. She loved Divij Prabhakar and wanted to marry him but it remained one-sided,' Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sharad Singhal told reporters. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Joshilda's feelings of love became spiteful after Prabhakar tied the knot in February. 'In a bid to frame him, she created different email IDs, some of which were in the name of Prabhakar,' the police officer said. According to the police, Joshilda used the fake email IDs to send bomb threats across the country. She also deployed VPNs, virtual numbers, and dark web resources to hide her identity. Over the past two years, the techie bought at least 80 numbers through VPN and allegedly sent hundreds of fake emails and messages, reported TOI. The police accused the woman of sending at least 21 bomb threat emails across 12 Indian states. Singhal said Joshilda is also suspected of having sent hoax bomb threats to the Narendra Modi Stadium in Gujarat in May. As per the newspaper's sources, Joshilda mentioned the male colleague's name in at least half a dozen hoax bomb threat emails. She allegedly timed her threats to coincide with VIP visits and religious events. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD 'These threats misdirected police resources and spread panic among citizens. Her arrest is significant, especially with the Jagannath Rath Yatra scheduled in Ahmedabad on June 27,' said JCP Singhal. ALSO READ: From flights to schools, how rising bomb hoax calls are haunting India How police cracked the case The police said that a small mistake by the Chennai-based engineer led to her arrest. 'We were tracking her for a long time. She was very smart and didn't reveal her virtual trail, but due to a small mistake of hers, we tracked her and caught her from her house in Chennai,' Singhal said. Six months ago, Joshilda logged into her real and fake email accounts from the same device once, as per an Ahmedabad Mirror report. This exposed her IP address, tying her to the hoax emails. 'That one careless login gave her away,' a police officer said. According to JCP Singhal, the police have recovered significant 'digital and paper evidence' against her. 'We can say that we have busted a big module,' the police officer said. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Police also claimed Joshilda confessed to sending the emails and creating multiple IDs in the man's name. The Gujarat Police is coordinating with its counterparts in other states where such mails were sent and the probe is on to determine whether other people were involved. With inputs from agencies
