Only causing death should fetch noose for hijackers: Panel

New Delhi: Will the death penalty for plane hijackers act as a deterrent or shut all doors for negotiation with them? And what if the hijackers are on a suicide mission? Keeping all this in mind, a lawmakers' panel has approved the death penalty for hijackers, but only if they are directly responsible for the death of passengers.
The recommendation has been made by a parliamentary standing committee on transport, tourism and culture in its report after examining the Anti-Hijacking Bill, 2010.
The report was submitted to the Rajya Sabha Oct 18.
'The committee feels that the proposed amendment (for death penalty to hijackers) is the need of the hour and unavoidable in the heightened threat for such a daring crime,' said the panel, headed by Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechuri, in its report.
While approving the provision of death penalty in the Anti-Hijacking Bill 1982, the panel kept in mind whether making capital punishment mandatory for all hijackers would not end all avenues of negotiation with them to save the lives of passengers.
31/10/10 IANS/Sify.com

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Nov 2010, Safety Nov 2010