New Delhi: C and strategic analyst, Commodore (retired) C Uday Bhaskar, on Sunday said the government must take the hijack threat received at the Air India office in Kolkata very seriously because the Kandahar hijack incident of 1999 had proved to be humiliating for the country.
"In the last few days, the intelligence agencies have received some alerts. These have to be taken seriously because India has gone through the humiliation of December 1999 when we had the Kandahar hijacking," Commodore (retired) Bhaskar told ANI here.
"The pattern of events over the last few weeks has been such that there is a heightened anxiety, whether it is due to the Obama visit, the Pravasi Bharatiya event in Gujarat or the upcoming republic day. This is the time when security agencies are on high-alert across the country," he added. Security has been beefed up at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata following a threat to state-owned carrier Air India flight.
The booking office of Air India in Kolkata received an anonymous threat call on Saturday that an Air India flight would be hijacked.
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"In the last few days, the intelligence agencies have received some alerts. These have to be taken seriously because India has gone through the humiliation of December 1999 when we had the Kandahar hijacking," Commodore (retired) Bhaskar told ANI here.
"The pattern of events over the last few weeks has been such that there is a heightened anxiety, whether it is due to the Obama visit, the Pravasi Bharatiya event in Gujarat or the upcoming republic day. This is the time when security agencies are on high-alert across the country," he added. Security has been beefed up at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata following a threat to state-owned carrier Air India flight.
The booking office of Air India in Kolkata received an anonymous threat call on Saturday that an Air India flight would be hijacked.
04/01/15 ZeeNews
