Indian Airlines Hijack

The anti-terror agency NIA (National Investigation Agency) today attached the house of top terrorist commander Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar alias Latram, who was released from prison in exchange of hijacked Indian Airlines flight IC-814 at Kandahar in 1999.

Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, who was involved in a series of terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir and was one of the released terrorists in the hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 in 1999, has been designated as a terrorist by the Union government.

Mistry Zahoor Ibrahim, one of the hijackers of the IC-814 Indian Airlines flight from Kathmandu to Delhi in 1999, was shot dead in Pakistan's Karachi, government sources said.

Amid the prevailing tension in the wake of the hijacking of the Indian Airlines plane to Kandahar in 1999, Mamata Banerjee, a Union Cabinet Minister then, had offered herself as a hostage in exchange for the passengers of the flight, former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said today. Recalling his days with her as a colleague, the former senior BJP...

Chief of the banned Hizbul Mujahideen Syed Sallahudin and founders of Indian Mujahideen outfit Bhatkal brothers are among the 18 people who have been designated as "terrorists" under the anti-terror law, an official spokesperson said here on Tuesday.

The Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the Sikhs, has decided to confer the "Panth Sewak" award on radical outfit Dal Khalsa founder Gajinder Singh, one of the five men accused of hijacking an Indian Airlines plane to Lahore in 1981.

The release of terror mastermind Masood Azhar in 1999 in exchange for the 155 passengers held hostage on the hijacked Indian Airlines flight IC-814 is at the core of an electoral battle today, but many details of this swap remain secret.

Days after the release of a terrorist's father in exchange for kidnapped family members of policemen, a top level police officer in Jammu and Kashmir has been transferred. Sources say state police chief SP Vaid is the next in line and the order is likely to come tomorrow. In nearly 20 years, the government has not negotiated with terrorists -- the ...

Captain M K Kachru, the pilot of the Indian Airlines plane hijacked to Pakistan in January 1971, died in Faridabad, near Delhi, today after prolonged illness, his family said.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today directed the state's legal aid team to extend help to two Sikhs facing possibilities of 'double jeopardy' in the hijacking of an Indian Airlines plane to Lahore 36 years ago.

Al-Qaeda Indian sub-continent (AQIS) operative Mohammed Abdur Rehman has admitted his links with the terrorists involved in the 1999 Kandahar plane hijack and 2002 American Centre blast incident in Kolkata, a senior police official said today.

Amanullah Khan, one of the founders of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front that led a violent campaign for independent Kashmir, including the killing of an Indian diplomat in the UK in the mid-80s and hijacking of an Indian Airlines plane to Lahore, died today in Pakistan, which he made his home for three decades.

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.

Former chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) A S Dulat has said that the response to the IC-814 hijack in 1999 was "goofed up" as no clear instructions were given to the police when the plane landed in Amritsar due to which the hijackers managed to take it to Kandahar in Afghanistan.

The theory that the missing Malaysian aircraft could have been hijacked for a 9/11-type attack on India was today debunked by the Indian Air Force (IAF) and strategic experts who said it would not have escaped detection had it entered the Indian air space.

The anti-terror agency NIA (National Investigation Agency) today attached the house of top terrorist commander Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar alias Latram, who was released from prison in exchange of hijacked Indian Airlines flight IC-814 at Kandahar in 1999.

Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, who was involved in a series of terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir and was one of the released terrorists in the hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 in 1999, has been designated as a terrorist by the Union government.

Mistry Zahoor Ibrahim, one of the hijackers of the IC-814 Indian Airlines flight from Kathmandu to Delhi in 1999, was shot dead in Pakistan's Karachi, government sources said.

Amid the prevailing tension in the wake of the hijacking of the Indian Airlines plane to Kandahar in 1999, Mamata Banerjee, a Union Cabinet Minister then, had offered herself as a hostage in exchange for the passengers of the flight, former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said today. Recalling his days with her as a colleague, the former senior BJP...

Chief of the banned Hizbul Mujahideen Syed Sallahudin and founders of Indian Mujahideen outfit Bhatkal brothers are among the 18 people who have been designated as "terrorists" under the anti-terror law, an official spokesperson said here on Tuesday.

The Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the Sikhs, has decided to confer the "Panth Sewak" award on radical outfit Dal Khalsa founder Gajinder Singh, one of the five men accused of hijacking an Indian Airlines plane to Lahore in 1981.

The release of terror mastermind Masood Azhar in 1999 in exchange for the 155 passengers held hostage on the hijacked Indian Airlines flight IC-814 is at the core of an electoral battle today, but many details of this swap remain secret.

Days after the release of a terrorist's father in exchange for kidnapped family members of policemen, a top level police officer in Jammu and Kashmir has been transferred. Sources say state police chief SP Vaid is the next in line and the order is likely to come tomorrow. In nearly 20 years, the government has not negotiated with terrorists -- the ...

Captain M K Kachru, the pilot of the Indian Airlines plane hijacked to Pakistan in January 1971, died in Faridabad, near Delhi, today after prolonged illness, his family said.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today directed the state's legal aid team to extend help to two Sikhs facing possibilities of 'double jeopardy' in the hijacking of an Indian Airlines plane to Lahore 36 years ago.

Al-Qaeda Indian sub-continent (AQIS) operative Mohammed Abdur Rehman has admitted his links with the terrorists involved in the 1999 Kandahar plane hijack and 2002 American Centre blast incident in Kolkata, a senior police official said today.

Amanullah Khan, one of the founders of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front that led a violent campaign for independent Kashmir, including the killing of an Indian diplomat in the UK in the mid-80s and hijacking of an Indian Airlines plane to Lahore, died today in Pakistan, which he made his home for three decades.

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.

Former chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) A S Dulat has said that the response to the IC-814 hijack in 1999 was "goofed up" as no clear instructions were given to the police when the plane landed in Amritsar due to which the hijackers managed to take it to Kandahar in Afghanistan.

The theory that the missing Malaysian aircraft could have been hijacked for a 9/11-type attack on India was today debunked by the Indian Air Force (IAF) and strategic experts who said it would not have escaped detection had it entered the Indian air space.