New Delhi: A city court has directed the Delhi Police Commissioner to inform whether any chargesheet was ever filed in a case of hijacking of an Indian Airlines (IA) plane to Pakistan in 1981.
The order was passed by Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kamini Lau on an application by an accused, who was convicted and sentenced for the offence by a Lahore court.
Tejinder Pal Singh along with four other Sikh militants - Satnam Singh, Gajender Singh, Kan Singh and Jasbir Singh – had hijacked the IA flight 423 to Lahore from Delhi on August 29, 1981. All the accused were convicted and served punishment in a Pakistan jail.
After his return, Tejinder filed application seeking discharge from the case registered here on the ground that he had already undergone sentence for the offence.
09/11/06 Zee News
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1981 IA hijack: Police Commissioner to submit report
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