Goa, June 28 -- What began as a high-stakes investigation into bomb threats and a chilling claim of downing an Air India flight has unraveled into a deeply personal story of unrequited love, cyber manipulation, and emotional revenge.

Ahmedabad Police on Monday revealed that Rene Joshilda, a senior consultant at a multinational firm in Chennai, was behind a wave of hoax bomb threats sent across 12 Indian states. Her goal: to frame Divij Prabhakar, a man who had rejected her romantic advances and later married someone else in February.

According to investigators, Joshilda's obsession with Prabhakar turned vindictive after he spurned her feelings. In a calculated campaign of revenge, she weaponized her background in robotics and cybersecur...