IC 814 the Hijack

 

Some facts about the hijacking of  #IC814

- Netflix series didn't fabricate anything but adapted from IC 814 Pilot’s biography

 - Hijackers had used Hindu names & this is on Govt record, also published on Govt website - The entire hijacking saga was a grand failure of intelligence agencies & also a weak Atal led NDA Govt.

-  The flight also landed at Amritsar when it was anticipated that there would be commando operation, but the flight took off after refuelling. Later, it was revealed that there were efforts by ex-RAW chief A. S. Dulat and others to cover up the real motives of why the plane was not immobilised and why there were no commando-operation to neutralise the threat. The RAW officer named Shashi Bhushan Singh Tomar, husband of Sonia Tomar, was boarded on the plane, who was a brother-in-law of N. K. Singh, secretary to then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and he ensured that the plane would be let off and no commando operation would be carried out to ensure his brother-in-law's safety.

- The Hijackers demanded the release of 36 prisoners, the body of HuM founder Sajjad Afghani and US$200 million, but was ultimately reduced during negotiations to three prisoners:^[22][14]

• Maulana Masood Azhar – who founded Jaish-e-Muhammed in 2000, which gained notoriety for its alleged role in the 2001 Indian Parliament attack and 2008 Mumbai attacks, which led to death of hundreds of people, along with the 2019 Pulwama Attack which led to the death of 44 CRPF personnel.^[35][36]
• Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh – who was arrested in 2002 by Pakistani authorities for the abduction and murder of Daniel Pearl.^[37][38] Sheikh, who had been imprisoned in connection with the 1994 Kidnappings of Western tourists in India, went on to murder Daniel Pearl and also allegedly played a significant role in planning the September 11 attacks in the United States.^[39]
• Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar – who has played an active role since release in training Islamic militants in Pakistan administrated Jammu & Kashmir.^[40]

- On December 30, Research and Analysis Wing Chief A.S. Dulat communicated with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, to convince him to release two prisoners as demanded by the hijacker. These prisoners were currently being held in Kashmiri jails. Abdullah was opposed to releasing the prisoners, warning Dulat of the long-term consequences, but eventually agreed to the demands of the Indian government.^[22] Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar was released from a Srinagar prison and flown with Sheikh and Azhar to Kandahar.^[22]

- The incident is seen as a failure of the BJP government under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, with IB chief Ajit Doval saying that India would have had a stronger negotiating hand if the aircraft had not been allowed to leave Indian territory.^[52][53] Doval, the IB chief, who led the four-member negotiating team to Kandahar, described the whole incident as a, "diplomatic failure," of the government in their inability to make the US and the UAE use their influence to help secure a quick release of the passengers.^[54]

Today the person is the NSA chief in India under the same party government. IRONY Or HYPOCRISY? 

External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh also received criticism for praising the Taliban for their co-operation after the hostages had been returned.^[55]

Now it is more than apparent on reading why the ruling dispensation has summoned the Content Head of #NetflixIndia on the series. Lot of skeletons tumbling out of the closet it seems, the Hindu code names for two terrorists is just a camouflage.