Vamshi Chowdhary was accused in two cyber cases earlier as well.
Hyderabad: Vamshi Chowdhary was facing financial problems and wanted to cancel his trip to Mumbai and Goa with his girlfriend. What Chowdhary did to achieve this led to panic in the Indian security establishment. The 32-year-old sent a hoax mail warning of simultaneous hijack attempts at Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad airports.
The email was found to have been generated from Hyderabad. A task force team with the help of cyber experts traced the IP address to a local cafe in SR Nagar area. Chowdhary was arrested and he has confessed to his crime.
“His girlfriend stays in Chennai. She proposed a trip to Mumbai and Goa. He requested his girlfriend to cancel trip but she denied. As he was facing financial problems, he hatched this plan to make her believe that flights have been cancelled because of high alert at the airports,” said B Limba Reddy, DCP Task Force.Police found Chowdhary was accused in two cyber cases earlier as well. A case has been registered under 66D of IT Act and Sections 419 and 182 of IPC.
OP Singh, Director General of the CISF, which is tasked with securing all airports in the country, had said the email was received by the DCP in Mumbai.
“A lady overheard six boys discussing a simultaneous hijack plan in Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai. The email could well be a hoax, but we didn’t take any chances. Embarkation (boarding) security increased, anti-contingency plan put in place and meeting of all stakeholders was held,” he had said.
The security protocols at these civilian air facilities was increased to the level that is done on the Republic Day and the Independence Day and the CISF and the police were taking special measures.