Hearing of Kandhar hijacking case resumes

Patiala, Apr 17: The anti-hijacking court of special designated judge Inderjit Singh Walia today started the hearing of arguments on the events in the hijacking case of the Indian Airline plane IC-814 to Kandhar in Afghanistan.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) counsel narrated the events of the hijacking of the Indian Airlines air bus IC-814 on December 24, 1999. The flight from New Delhi to Kathmandu was hijacked and taken to Kandhar after a brief halt at the Raja Sansi airport at Amritsar.

The arguments remained incomplete and will resume tomorrow.

UNI