Claim: A Mumbai businessman has been sentenced to life imprisonment and fined Rs. 5 crore by a special NIA court for threatening to hijack a Jet Airways plane.
Fact-check: Mumbai businessman Birju Kishor Salla's conviction in the Jet Airways case was set aside by the Gujarat High Court in August 2023. - FACTLY
Verdict: according to reports, on 30 october 2017, mumbai-based businessman birju kishor salla was arrested for allegedly placing a threat note inside the lavatory of a mumbai-delhi jet airways plane. in june 2019, the special nia court convicted salla under the amended anti-hijacking act of 2016, sentencing him to life imprisonment and a fine of ₹5 crore. however, on 08 august 2023, the gujarat high court set aside salla's conviction in the 2017 jet airways plane hijacking case. hence, the claim made in the post is misleading.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Akshay Kumar Appani
Date published: 2024-08-21T08:34:25