Sikh hijackers to be deported to India by Swiss govt

Chandigarh: The Sikh hijackers of who hijacked Indian Airlines planes in 1981 and 1984, residing as a refugee in Switzerland for the last nearly thirteen years may be deported to India. The federal government of Switzerland have ordered them to leave Switzerland by February 22, 2008. If they failed to leave the country they may be arrested and may be deported to their native country, says Swiss law.
Swiss government has ordered Harminder Singh Khalsa, Dalip Singh both are from 1984 hijacking case and Master Karan Singh, Jasvir Singh both are of 1981 hijacking case to leave the country with their families on or before February 22, ended Friday.
To protest against the invasion of the Indian army on the Darbar Sahib, nine Sikhs belonging to the Sikh Students Federation hijacked an Indian Airliner from Jammu to Lahore in 1984.
Reporters received here reveals that after failing their case in the Swiss court the Hijackers now pleaded to the International Human Rights Organization in UNO to take up their cases on humanitarian ground as they already served sentences in Pakistan and they never had indulged in the anti Swiss activities.
The Hijackers says that if they would be deported to India they might face the security threat to their lives. However, Swiss government has not have extradition treaty with India yet now.
22/02/08 Ravinder Singh Robin/PunjabNewsline.com

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