Mumbai: The designated Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Civil Aviation Act (SUSCA) court on Wednesday acquitted an 18-year-old accused of placing hoax calls to Jet Airways’ toll free number in 2012.
Vikas Yadav was accused of making three calls to the airline, threatening to hijack one of its planes if 26/11 terror attack gunman Ajmal Kasab was not released.
The court acquitted Yadav after his lawyer challenged the local police’s jurisdiction in handling the case. Yadav has two more cases pending against him for placing similar calls to the airlines on other dates. Designated judge S G Dige has scheduled these cases for a verdict later this week.
Yadav, a school dropout, had allegedly placed several calls between September and October 2012 to the Jet Airways. A Bihar native, he was arrested from Vapi on January 20, 2013, after he allegedly placed another call threatening to hijack flights.
03/04/14 Sukanya Shantha/Indian Express
To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline
Vikas Yadav was accused of making three calls to the airline, threatening to hijack one of its planes if 26/11 terror attack gunman Ajmal Kasab was not released.
The court acquitted Yadav after his lawyer challenged the local police’s jurisdiction in handling the case. Yadav has two more cases pending against him for placing similar calls to the airlines on other dates. Designated judge S G Dige has scheduled these cases for a verdict later this week.
Yadav, a school dropout, had allegedly placed several calls between September and October 2012 to the Jet Airways. A Bihar native, he was arrested from Vapi on January 20, 2013, after he allegedly placed another call threatening to hijack flights.
03/04/14 Sukanya Shantha/Indian Express
