Kandahar Hijacking: 3 Muslim accused acquitted

Mumbai: A Mumbai Sessions Court on 19th Jan. 2011 acquitted three persons who were accused of looting a bank in the city and send money to Pakistani terrorists to hijack the Indian Airlines plane IC-814 in 1999. The court acquitted Abdul Lateef, Yosuf Khan and Mushtaq Ahmed as the prosecution could not prove the charges.
The police had arrested them for allegedly looting a Bank of Maharashtra branch in Boriwali area in Mumbai in October 1999. The police had alleged the money was used in funding the hijacking of the plane. The police had also claimed to recover Rs 2 lakh in cash and some hand grenades from the accused.
The Flight 814 (IC-814) of Indian Airlines en route from Tribhuvan International Airport (Kathmandu, Nepal) to Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi) was hijacked on December 24, 1999, by armed men of Pakistan-based terrorist group Harkat-ul-Mujahideen.
20/01/11 Twocircles.net

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