Ministry orders NIA probe into a hoax call to DIAL

NEW DELHI: Union home ministry has ordered an NIA probe into a hoax call by a Chennai resident to Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) in his bid to stop his wife from leaving the country. The caller, later identified as Nasrudeen (28), had called up DIAL on August 9 this year, to inform that a lady namely Zabina has reached Delhi International Airport to leave for Dubai or Saudi Arab and she can cause explosion in the flight.

This will be the second case to be investigated by the NIA under the newly amended Anti- hijacking act. A businessman from Mumbai, Birju Salla, was convicted with life imprisonment early this year under the new provisions of the Act.