A 30-year-old robotics engineer.
A broken heart.
And a cyber crime spree that shook 11 Indian states.
This is the strange but true story of Rene Joshilda, a techie from Chennai, who went from coding bots to sending bomb hoaxes using VPNs, fake emails, and dark web tools—all to frame the man who didn’t love her back.
From Tech Job to Terror Emails
Rene, a senior consultant at Deloitte, had once met Divij Prabhakar during a work project in Bengaluru. She fell hard. But the love wasn’t returned. Divij moved on and married someone else earlier this year.
Rene didn’t.
Instead, she plotted revenge. Not the silent, stalk-his-Instagram kind. But the “let’s send bomb threats using his name” kind.
She created multiple fake email IDs using his name and began sending bomb threats to schools, hospitals, and even sports venues across the country.
Chaos Across 11 States
Her hoax threats were chilling.
Ahmedabad alone saw 21 targets—including the Narendra Modi Stadium, a civil hospital, and a school.
She didn’t stop there. Her emails reached authorities in Maharashtra, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Kerala, Bihar, Punjab, Telangana, MP, and Haryana.
Each threat triggered panic, heavy police deployments, and massive security alerts—only to end up as false alarms.
The Flight Crash Claim
After Air India flight AI-171 crashed in Ahmedabad, killing over 270 people, an email arrived. It claimed the group that had sent hoax threats was behind the crash too.
The chilling line?
“Now you know we are not playing.”
The mail was tracked back to Rene Joshilda. But she didn’t know the police were already closing in.
One Wrong Login Ruined It All
Rene was smart.
She used the Tor browser, virtual numbers, and VPNs to mask her digital trail.
But as per Ahmedabad Mirror, she made one fatal error—she logged into both her real and fake email accounts from the same device. That exposed her IP address.
“That one careless login gave her away,” police said.
And just like that, the mask fell off.
What Happens Next?
Rene has been caught. But her story highlights how tech tools can be misused—and how even the smartest can slip up.
Her actions caused panic, wasted police resources, and endangered public safety. All because of obsessive love turned toxic.
Let’s just say—if this becomes an OTT show, it’ll be hard to tell where fiction ends and truth begins.
