Anti-hijacking Bill

Hijacking of an aircraft will now entail capital punishment in the event of death of "any person" as Parliament today passed a bill to provide widen the ambit of the law in dealing with this crime.

Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Anti-Hijacking Bill, 2014, which provides for death penalty even if ground handling staff and airport personnel are killed during such acts.

A comprehensive anti-hijack bill that provides for death penalty for hijackers even in the event of on-ground staff casualties was on Wednesday approved by the Union Cabinet which also widened the definition of this crime.

A new bill that ramps up punishment for hijacking is now ready and is expected too be presented to Union Cabinet for approval soon, civil aviation minister Ashok Raju has told NDTV.

Hijacking of an aircraft will now entail capital punishment in the event of death of "any person" as Parliament today passed a bill to provide widen the ambit of the law in dealing with this crime.

Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Anti-Hijacking Bill, 2014, which provides for death penalty even if ground handling staff and airport personnel are killed during such acts.

A comprehensive anti-hijack bill that provides for death penalty for hijackers even in the event of on-ground staff casualties was on Wednesday approved by the Union Cabinet which also widened the definition of this crime.

A new bill that ramps up punishment for hijacking is now ready and is expected too be presented to Union Cabinet for approval soon, civil aviation minister Ashok Raju has told NDTV.