“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.”
What FACTLY found
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 quashed Salla’s conviction in the 2017 Jet Airways plane hijacking case.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 August 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 21 August 2024, 1 day later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
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