The Home Ministry has sent a team to Chile to probe the credentials of Abdul Rauf, who is currently under detention in Santiago. They will have to ascertain whether the nabbed terrorist is the same man who financed and masterminded the Kandahar plane hijack in 1999. The task for the Indian team is clearly cut out.
The team will first have to establish the identity of Rauf, the alleged hijacker of Indian Airlines (now Air India) flight IC-814. There have already been two previously failed attempts to capture him.
If sufficient leads are gathered from such questioning, the Indian team will file an extradition plea with Chilean authorities to get Rauf for trial to India. Chilean Ambassador to India Christian Barros has already said that India would have to back their plea with strong documentary evidence.
If the extradition is successful, the path will be cleared to try Abdul Rauf in India for his role in the 1999 plane hijacking.
14/04/11 India Today
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