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Accused claims innocence in baggage fire case at Mumbai airport
Updated On: 22 August, 2024 06:53 AM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
Arrested Kolkata resident claims package contained material used in soap-making and was to be handed over to his employer in Congo
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The baggage caught fire (circled) while being transported to the Ethiopian Airlines flight to Addis Ababa on August 16
Claiming innocence, Samir Biswas the Kolkata resident arrested by the Sahar Police for carrying inflammable material on the flight to Addis Ababa, said that he was unaware that the contents were inflammable. Biswas told the police that he had been instructed to carry the 5-litre liquid in a plastic can and 2 kg powder to his employer Naveen Sharma in Congo. According to the sources, Biswas told the police that the person who handed over the package to him claimed the material is used in the preparation of soap. The police have now issued a look out circular against Sharma who is suspected to be in Congo.
Biswas claimed that he had participated in a video interview on July 12 this year with Sharma, who provided him with a job contract, arranged his visa and booked his tickets to Addis Ababa on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 641. From Addis Ababa, Biswas was to proceed to Congo. According to the FIR, Biswas received a call on the eve of his journey from Vishwanath Senjundhar, also known as Vishwu Bhai, who instructed him to carry with him baggage with a liquid and powder used in soap-making and deliver them to Sharma in Congo. The package was allegedly handed over to Biswas on Senjundhar’s instructions by Nandan Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav at Terminal 2 on August 16. The Yadav duo told the police that they had received the package from Suresh Singh.
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