For a few days there have been continuous threats of bombs on airplanes in India. The threats have caused sleepless nights for airlines. Meanwhile, a man named Jagdish Uike from Gondia, Maharashtra, has been identified as a suspect, but why did he appear on the police radar?
Nagpur Police Commissioner Ravindra Singhal said his name came up during the technical team’s investigation. “He had sent some threatening emails. We are investigating his role, but he has not been booked or arrested yet,” he said.
Multiple agencies are investigating hoax bomb calls issued at hundreds of flights, schools and shopping malls in recent months. Due to these threats, many planes have had to make emergency landings, emergencies have been imposed at airports, and even plane cancellations have occurred.
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Analysis of the social network profile and its online footprint.
Analysis of Uike’s social media profiles and online footprint, conducted by India Today’s open source intelligence (OSINT) team, tells a different story of the 36-year-old tribal man. During analysis it was revealed that he had earlier demanded Rs 200 crore from Rashtrapati Bhavan. He had made this demand to compensate for the alleged insult to the tricolor by former president Pranab Mukherjee. Not only this, during the investigation, his stake of at least Rs 1,000 crore in a fictitious mobile application and a book containing tips to end terrorism were also revealed.
India Today accessed several emails written to the Prime Minister, the President, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra and senior civil servants, in which they insisted on meeting for purposes such as sharing “secret codes” related to terrorism. In July 2023, Uike published a book titled “Terrorism: A Stormy Monster.” It outlines methods to end terrorism, including the expulsion or killing of all those who did not establish their citizenship before 1960 and stopping gift-giving at the ballot box.
There is also a recommendation in his book signed by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Typographical errors and writing style indicate that it has been created fraudulently. The book’s editor, Bhopal-based Nitya Prakashan, told India Today that the book was to be published by a senior leader. JK Singh Chauhan of the publication said, “As this was not possible, it was decided to release it on Amazon. We did not print a single copy.”
In separate letters from 2014, he insisted on meeting the Prime Minister and Devendra Fadnavis “to discuss the code” and threatened to protest unless he was given the opportunity to present this information. His new book ‘Mission 3’ aims to take India to new heights, regain its glory as the golden goose and transform humanity by encouraging people to donate part of their profits to the country.
trying to get famous quickly
Jagdish Uike has made a lot of efforts to become famous quickly. He has commented on almost every news story that makes national headlines. When the “Urban Naxal” debate was going on in the national media, he wrote a letter to the Home Ministry stating that a Naxalite leader had reportedly asked him to join them considering they offered him Rs 500 million.
In mid-2021, when there was a war of words between the BJP and Congress over the alleged “toolkit” to defame India for its handling of COVID-19, Uikey claimed that BJP leaders were talking about the “toolkit”. of tools” in Delhi. The revelations were made on the basis of information provided by him to the Central Government and he had asked to meet the Prime Minister to get more information in this regard.
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One of his demands was published, which he called the Indian soldiers an insult.
series of false threats
In the last 16 days, more than 500 domestic and international aircraft have received bomb threats, which has created a lot of panic in the aviation sector. Airlines have suffered losses worth thousands of dollars and passengers have also experienced panic and anxiety.
