Birju Salla had allegedly planted a note on a Mumbai-Delhi Jet Airways flight stating that there was a bomb in the cabin area.

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NiAA Gujarati businessman, accused of planting a note about hijackers and a bomb in the toilet of a Mumbai-Delhi flight, was today chargesheeted by the NIA.

After a detailed probe, the National Investigation Agency, NIA filed the chargesheet at a special court in Delhi against accused Birju Salla alias Amar Soni under various sections of the Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016.

Salla allegedly planted the note about hijackers and a bomb in the toilet of a October 30, 2017 Mumbai-Delhi Jet Airways flight, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Ahmedabad, a release issued by the NIA said.