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Terrorist wanted for Kandahar hijacking arrested

Updated on: 13 September,2012 10:29 AM IST  | 
Agencies |

Mehraj-ud-din Dand, a terrorist wanted for his involvement in the hijacking of flight IC-814 flight to Kandahar and other terror attacks, has been arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir police, a senior police official said Thursday.

Terrorist wanted for Kandahar hijacking arrested

The terrorist, suspected to be involved in many militancy related incidents in India and abroad, was arrested from an undisclosed location on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway Wednesday night, the official said.


IC-814, Kandahar hijacking
Hijacked IC-814 in Kandahar in 1999. (File pic)


On Dec 24, 1999, IC-814, with 176 passengers on board, was hijacked by five Pakistani militants and forced to land in three different airports -- Amritsar, Lahore, and Dubai - before being taken to Kandahar, the bastion of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. In Dubai, Rupin Katyal, one of the passengers, was fatally stabbed by the hijackers.


The aircraft had to spend a week on the tarmac in Kandahar before terrorists were swapped for the hostages.
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