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September 5, 2019

HIGHLIGHTS

The Cyber police in Hyderabad have arrested a youth for sending hoax bomb threat email to the airport
A man, who had been jealous of his friend going to Canada for further, had sent the threat
The accused has been identified as Katraju Shahshikanth, a resident of Warangal

The Cyber police in Hyderabad have arrested a youth for sending hoax bomb threat email to the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport of Hyderabad on Tuesday.

Rajeev Gandhi International Airport on Tuesday received an email on the airport's customer support department, in which an unknown individual claimed that he wanted to blast a bomb there on Wednesday.

A search operation was immediately launched after receiving the mail. However, they found nothing and the mail was declared as Non specific.

The mail, which was sent from ID: '[email protected]' at 2:31 pm on Tuesday, read, "I want to blast bomb in airport tomorrow [Wednesday]."

Further, a police complaint was lodged for further investigation on the threat.

WHAT HAPPENED?

Following an investigation, it was revealed that a man, who had been jealous of his friend going to Canada for further, had sent the threat to stall his visit.

The 24-year-old accused hatched the plan for a "bomb blast" email as he was jealous that while he was still jobless, his childhood friend had got a Canadian visa.

The accused has been identified as Katraju Shahshikanth, a resident of Warangal. He stays at a boys hotel in Hyderabad and is friends with Sairam Kaleru, a resident of Uppal Hyderabad.

Recently, Sairam received the Canada visa as he was planning to go for further studies. This led to jealousy as Shahshikanth was not able to even find a job.

At first, he wrote a fake email to Canadian immigration to cancel Sairam's visa all to no avail.

On Tuesday, after learning that Sairam was flying abroad for higher studies, jealous Shashikanth used his friend's email to send a bomb threat to the Hyderabad airport.

The mail was received by the customer support team and a security alert was sounded.

A police case was registered at Shamshabad Police station and a day later, the law enforcement authority arrested Shashikanth.

He was arrested under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) including the Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation Act.