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| 'Indian poses as IS militant in bizarre love plot' | |
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| The Indian media is gripped by the bizarre story of a 34-year-old man who was arrested for making hoax threat calls to two airports, which according to police was part of a sinister plot to win over a former love interest and frame her husband as a terrorist. | The Indian media is gripped by the bizarre story of a 34-year-old man who was arrested for making hoax threat calls to two airports, which according to police was part of a sinister plot to win over a former love interest and frame her husband as a terrorist. |
| Police have also accused Mr Gokul of murdering his wife. | Police have also accused Mr Gokul of murdering his wife. |
| MG Gokul was arrested on Monday by police in the southern city of Bangalore who were investigating the hoax calls and messages over the weekend, which claimed that Islamic State militants were going to blow up planes at airports in Delhi and Bangalore. | MG Gokul was arrested on Monday by police in the southern city of Bangalore who were investigating the hoax calls and messages over the weekend, which claimed that Islamic State militants were going to blow up planes at airports in Delhi and Bangalore. |
| The messages led to a disruption in services at the two airports with some flights being called back and taken to isolation bays. | The messages led to a disruption in services at the two airports with some flights being called back and taken to isolation bays. |
| Police say the wifi connection he used to send WhatsApp messages helped them track him down. | Police say the wifi connection he used to send WhatsApp messages helped them track him down. |
| The story has predictably made it to the front pages of Indian newspapers. | The story has predictably made it to the front pages of Indian newspapers. |
| "Gokul told the police that he wanted to marry his friend Saju Jose's wife. To execute his nefarious plan, Gokul, a native of Thrissur in Kerala, called airport authorities in Bengaluru [Bangalore] and Delhi threatening them of bombs on three international flights. The SIM card which Gokul used was acquired on Jose's name," The India Today website reports. | "Gokul told the police that he wanted to marry his friend Saju Jose's wife. To execute his nefarious plan, Gokul, a native of Thrissur in Kerala, called airport authorities in Bengaluru [Bangalore] and Delhi threatening them of bombs on three international flights. The SIM card which Gokul used was acquired on Jose's name," The India Today website reports. |
| "Gokul... wanted Jose out of the way, and a terror link would put him away for some years. And in this time, he could pick up with Jose's wife, where they had left off as teenagers. Gokul was still enamoured with the woman who had been with him in class 12 and through engineering college," reported The Times of India.. | "Gokul... wanted Jose out of the way, and a terror link would put him away for some years. And in this time, he could pick up with Jose's wife, where they had left off as teenagers. Gokul was still enamoured with the woman who had been with him in class 12 and through engineering college," reported The Times of India.. |
| The Indian Express said Mr Jose and his wife "emerged unscathed from the ordeal" but the real victim of this crime story was a fourth person - Anuradha, Gokul's wife. | The Indian Express said Mr Jose and his wife "emerged unscathed from the ordeal" but the real victim of this crime story was a fourth person - Anuradha, Gokul's wife. |
| "This Ranchi-based Bengali girl had fallen in love with Gokul... and married him in 2009 but ended up being bludgeoned to death by her husband two months ago as part of his plan," the paper quoted the police as saying. | "This Ranchi-based Bengali girl had fallen in love with Gokul... and married him in 2009 but ended up being bludgeoned to death by her husband two months ago as part of his plan," the paper quoted the police as saying. |
| Many Indians also took to social media to discuss the story: | Many Indians also took to social media to discuss the story: |