Death for aircraft hijackers: MPs to examine bill

New Delhi: A lawmakers' panel is to examine this week a bill that seeks to provide the death penalty to anyone convicted of hijacking an aircraft.
The panel, headed by Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury, will begin studying the Anti-Hijacking (Amendment) Bill, 2010, from Thursday when Civil Aviation Secretary M. Madhavan Nambiar will apprise the MPs about various features of the proposed legislation.
Later, the 31-member parliamentary standing committee on transport, tourism and culture is likely to summon other officials from the security establishment, a parliament official told the IANS.
The bill was introduced in the Rajya Sabha by Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel Aug 20 after which the house referred it to the parliamentary panel.
Besides providing the death penalty to those convicted of hijacking an aircraft, it also seeks a definition of the offence.
28/09/10 IANS/Sify

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Categories: Safety Sep 2010