Life term for CA who raised false hijack alarm

October 30, 2012 13:26

A chartered accountant, who triggered a hijack alert in February 2009 on a Goa-Delhi Indigo flight when he threatened the crew and passengers mid-air by claiming that he had "infected" needles and gun, was today given a life term by a Delhi court.

45-year old Jitender Kumar Mohla had been convicted under section 3(1)(d)of the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Civil Aviation Act of 1982 dealing with offences on board an aircraft and various IPC Section and faces maximum punishment of up to life term.

Besides the Aviation Act, the court convicted Delhi-based Mohla under various provisions of the IPC dealing with endangering life or personal safety of others and criminal intimidation and reserved its order on quantum of sentence for October 30.

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