Overview

• RGIA police took custody of 30-year-old Rene Joshilda on August 1 for interrogation and she was remanded to Chanchalguda Central Jail on August 2.
• She has confessed to 12 of the 21 hoax bomb threat cases, including an email falsely claiming responsibility for the June 12 Air India Ahmedabad–London crash.
• Investigators say she used VPNs and fake email accounts to send threats to airports, schools, a cricket stadium and a medical college across 12 states.
• Police link her actions to an obsessive vendetta against a former colleague that was guided by astrological advice.
• RGIA police are coordinating with state agencies on forensic analysis and further inquiries into the remaining unclaimed threat cases.