Mumbai: Almost three months after a ‘terror note’ about hijackers and a bomb threat created a hijacking scare onboard a Delhi-bound Jet Airways flight, the NIA filed a chargesheet under the anti-hijacking laws against the alleged accused. Ahmedabad-based businessman Birju Salla alias Amar Soni may face life imprisonment if proven guilty under the stringent law.
After a detailed probe, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed the chargesheet at a special court in Delhi against Salla under various sections of the Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016.
Salla allegedly planted the note about hijackers and a bomb in the toilet of October 30, 2017, Mumbai-Delhi Jet Airways flight, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Ahmedabad, a release issued by the NIA said.
Flight 9W 339, which had taken off from Mumbai with 115 passengers and seven crew members, was diverted to Ahmedabad.
The note, allegedly placed by Salla, stated that there were hijackers and a bomb in the cargo area and demanded the plane be flown straight to PoK (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir). The note printed in Urdu and English ended with the words: “Allah is Great”.
The NIA, a central agency empowered to deal with terror-related crimes across states, had registered a case on November 7, 2017, following a Home Ministry order.
After investigation, it has been established that accused Salla, who travelled in the business class of the flight from Mumbai, prepared a ‘threat note’ in ‘English’ and ‘Urdu’ and he intentionally placed it in the tissue paper box of the toilet near the business class thereby jeopardising the safety of the passengers and crew members on board, the NIA said in its chargesheet.
“Accused Salla thus has committed the offence as defined in various sections of the Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016,” the NIA chargesheet said.
24/01/18 Mumbai Mirror
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After a detailed probe, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed the chargesheet at a special court in Delhi against Salla under various sections of the Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016.
Salla allegedly planted the note about hijackers and a bomb in the toilet of October 30, 2017, Mumbai-Delhi Jet Airways flight, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Ahmedabad, a release issued by the NIA said.
Flight 9W 339, which had taken off from Mumbai with 115 passengers and seven crew members, was diverted to Ahmedabad.
The note, allegedly placed by Salla, stated that there were hijackers and a bomb in the cargo area and demanded the plane be flown straight to PoK (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir). The note printed in Urdu and English ended with the words: “Allah is Great”.
The NIA, a central agency empowered to deal with terror-related crimes across states, had registered a case on November 7, 2017, following a Home Ministry order.
After investigation, it has been established that accused Salla, who travelled in the business class of the flight from Mumbai, prepared a ‘threat note’ in ‘English’ and ‘Urdu’ and he intentionally placed it in the tissue paper box of the toilet near the business class thereby jeopardising the safety of the passengers and crew members on board, the NIA said in its chargesheet.
“Accused Salla thus has committed the offence as defined in various sections of the Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016,” the NIA chargesheet said.
24/01/18 Mumbai Mirror
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