The police in the two cities had launched a massive search on August 8 after a call warning the presence of a suicide attacker on a flight was received by officials.
Nearly ten days after flight operations at Delhi and Chennai airports were disrupted following a bomb hoax, the police said that it was the handiwork of a man desperate to stop his wife from leaving him.
The police in the two cities had launched a massive search on August 8 after a call warning the presence of a suicide attacker on a flight was received by officials. After many hours, authorities said the call was meant to deceive them.
On Saturday morning, the Delhi Police said a disgruntled man, identified as Nasiruddin, had made the fake call.
"Desperate husband calls wife a 'fidayeen' in hoax call..Aircraft bombing threat call of 8th August 2019 solved..," tweeted the special cell of the Delhi Police.
Nasiruddin, who owns a bag manufacturing factory in Chennai, had married his employee Rafiya, alias Jabina. His wife, however, planned to leave India to work in the Gulf.
After his attempts to stop Rafiya from leaving India failed, the 29-year-old businessman dialled the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) with the bomb threat call to prevent her from boarding the intended flight. In his call, Nasiruddin "Zamina, alias Rafiya was a fidayeen bomber" who will blow up a Dubai or Saudi Arabia-bound flight. Nasiruddin was arrested from Delhi's Bawana.
However, his desperation to disrupt Rafiya's travel plan could land Nasiruddin in serious trouble. In June, a Mumbai-based businessman was sentenced to life over a hijack hoax under the Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016.
Fidayeen call
- The businessman was so desperate that he identified his wife as a ‘fidayeen’, said the police
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
 "hoax call")
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
)
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
)
)
)
)
)
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}