Mangaluru : The Fourth Additional Magistrate on Wednesday sentenced 25 years imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 10 thousand to Aditya Rao who was found guilty of placing explosives at the Mangaluru International Airport in January 2020.

He was sentenced under sections of the UAPA and Explosives Act.

The police had found a low-intensity improvised explosive device (IED) in an unattended bag at the Mangalore International Airport premises on Monday. The bomb detection and disposal squad had successfully defused the explosive in an exercise that lasted several hours. Mangaluru police had released the CCTV footage of a man suspected to have planted the bomb.

Aditya had later surrendered at the DGP’s office in Bengaluru as the investigation by local police was underway. He was then brought to Mangalore by police for investigation.

The Police had filed a 700-page charge sheet against Rao including the FSL report of the bag of explosives that was placed at the airport, confirming Rao’s involvement in the case.