Rene Joshilda (32). (image-X/theskindoctor13)

Ahmedabad, Gujarat: A woman working as a senior consultant at a multinational firm in Chennai has been arrested for sending multiple bomb threat emails targeting 12 Indian states, including a threat to blow up Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium. 

The accused, 32-year-old Rene Joshilda, an engineer trained in robotics and currently employed with Deloitte, allegedly orchestrated the elaborate hoax using fake email accounts, VPNs, virtual phone numbers, and the dark web in a bid to frame a man who rejected her romantic advances. 

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According to the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime police, Joshilda was tracked down after a prolonged digital trail investigation and arrested from her residence in Chennai. She reportedly sent over 20 threatening emails, including 13 to the Narendra Modi Stadium and others to schools and medical institutions like BJ Medical College. 

“She wanted to marry Divij Prabhakar, but after he wed someone else in February, she sought revenge by framing him through a series of threatening emails,” said Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sharad Singhal. 

The threats were not limited to Gujarat. Similar hoax emails were sent to key locations across Maharashtra, Delhi, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and other states — timed to coincide with VIP visits or sensitive public events. One of the emails chillingly read: “Bomb successfully planted in Narendra Modi Stadium. Save the stadium if you can.”

In another disturbing mail sent after a real plane crash, she wrote: “I think now you know power. Like we sent you mail yesterday we crashed the Air India plane with our former CM. We know the police would have thought that the plane crash was a hoax and ignored it. Well done to our pilot. Now you know we are not playing. Now you know.”

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The breakthrough came after a small digital slip, despite Joshilda’s efforts to erase her virtual footprint. Authorities are treating the incident as a major breach of national security, with serious consequences under the IT Act and IPC. 

Joshilda remains in police custody as further investigation unfolds into the scope and motive behind her actions.