- By Shubham Bajpai
- Mon, 23 Jun 2025 10:09 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
The bomb threat probe in Gujarat has revealed shocking details about the sender of the hoax threat emails. The investigation into 21 threat emails, including at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium, revealed that the sender, who is an executive in an MNC in Chennai, sent the threats to defame a man. The woman has now been arrested by the police.
The accused has been identified as Rene Joshilda, who loved a man named Divij Prabhakar. She wanted to marry him, but the latter married another woman, which jilted her. She planned to frame the man to avenge the rejection.
She used fake email IDs, virtual private networks (VPNs), and the dark web to hide her real identity and location. The Ahmedabad Police arrested her from her residence in Chennai on Saturday following an extended technical surveillance, which involved picking the digital trail, an official said on Monday.
Speaking about the case, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sharad Singhal on Monday said Joshilda created different email IDs, some of which were in the name of Divij Prabhakar, who she wanted to marry.
Joshilda is an engineer trained in Robotics and has been working as a senior consultant at a multinational firm in Chennai since 2022.
"She has done her engineering from Chennai and a course in Robotics. Currently, she is a senior consultant at Deloitte. She loved Divij Prabhakar and wanted to marry him but it remained one-sided," Singhal told reporters.
He added that her dreams were crushed after Prabhakar married another girl in February. "In a bid to frame him, she created different email IDs, some of which were in the name of Prabhakar," the police officer added.
She had sent threats to the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium and the BJ Medical College, and at least two schools in Ahmedabad. "She allegedly sent emails to various locations in 11 other states also (besides Gujarat), timing them ahead of some religious processions or visits by VIPs," he said.
Multiple states' police coordinated with the cybercrime police of Ahmedabad. "The accused used virtual numbers to create fake email IDs and used the dark web," Singhal added.
The police official said that she played her moves smartly and covered her virtual trail. However, a small mistake on her part led investigators to her.
He said police recovered significant digital and paper evidence against Joshilda. "We can say that we have busted a big module," the police officer exclaimed.
With 13 mails to the Narendra Modi Stadium, four to Geneva Liberal School, three to Divya Jyoti School and one to BJ Medical College, she also sent hoax mails to target locations in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Bihar, Telangana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, and Haryana, police said.
(With PTI Inputs)
