New Delhi: Two alleged Sikh militants, sent back to India in 2000 after serving a life term in Pakistan for hijacking an Air India plane to that country in 1981, have moved a Delhi court seeking stay of a fresh trial against them here for the same offence. The two, in their plea to Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sameer Bajpai, have said the trial in the case be stayed as the matter is pending before the Delhi High Court, which on April 8 will decide their plea for quashing the FIR.
Tejinder Pal Singh and Satnam Singh had approached the Delhi High Court in November for quashing of the FIR against them and also the trial court's August 30 order, which took cognisance of the supplementary charge sheet. The court fixed January 22, 2013 to take up their pleas.
"At this stage, an application for stay of proceedings against the two accused Tejinder and Satnam has been moved and put up for consideration on January 22," the court said. After the two along with Gajender Singh, Karan Singh Kini and Jasbir Singh Jima, who are also facing trial in the case, failed to appear before the court on issuance of non-bailable warrants, the court had ordered initiation of proceedings under section 82 of the Code of Criminal Proceedings to declare the five as proclaimed offender.
Under section 82 of the CrPC if the court has a reason to believe that the accused is absconding or concealing himself,
07:45 PM, Dec 11, 2012
New Delhi: A passenger onboard a Mumbai-Delhi Indigo flight on Wednesday allegedly triggered a high drama when he turned violent and slapped an airhostess. The passengers onboard the Indigo fight, however, managed to overpower him. The plane landed at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport at 6 pm. After the plane landed at Delhi airport the passenger was detained for questioning. More details awaited ...
09:48 PM, Nov 07, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The woman pilot of the Air India flight involved in the hijack alarm case on Wednesday stuck to her stand that she was compelled to act as "a hijack-like situation" prevailed with protests by passengers after the Abu Dhabi-Kochi flight was diverted on October 19. The pilot, Rupali Wagmore, who was questioned for about two hours in Thiruvananthapuram, told the Special Investigation Team that three passengers had allegedly barged...
01:27 PM, Nov 07, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday awarded life term to a chartered accountant who had created a mid-air hijack scare on a Goa-Delhi Indigo flight in 2009. The 45-year old chartered accountant Jitender Kumar Mohla had triggered the hijack alert in February 2009 on the flight when he threatened the crew and passengers mid-air by claiming that he had "infected" needles and gun. The court had on October 25...
01:46 PM, Oct 30, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Six passengers, whose protests near the cockpit led the pilot of an Air India plane to sound a hijack alert at the airport in Thiruvanathapuram, were on Thursday questioned by police and reported to have contested her complaint that she was threatened by them. As the questioning was underway, a non-Resident Keralites forum Pravasi Sangham staged a protest before a police station near the international airport here for summoning...
09:19 PM, Oct 25, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: An Air India woman pilot, who sounded a hijack alert at the airport here after some protesting passengers allegedly tried to force their way into the cockpit, in her police complaint claimed she was threatened with dire consequences. According to the FIR lodged with city police, Commander Rupali Waghmare complained that a passenger even told her he would not hesitate to kill her if anything happened to his six-month-old...
08:08 PM, Oct 23, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGCA) officials on Saturday reached Trivandrum to look into the probe into the 'hijack' episode at the airport here. The Kerala Police has already began their probe into the matter. Director General of Police KS Balasubramanian formed a team led by Assistant Commissioner of Police KS Vimal after receiving a complaint from the commander of the Air India Express flight W Rupali that she...
12:03 PM, Oct 20, 2012
The IAC has reportedly formed an ombudsman to probe into allegations against members Anjali Damania, Prashant Bhushan and Mayank Gandhi. The crisis-ridden Kingfisher Airlines on Friday extended its lockout till October 23. Meanwhile, a case was registered against six unidentified persons on Friday in connection with the hijack alarm incident involving an Air India flight at the international airport in Thiruvananthapuram. ...
11:37 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: A case has been registered against six unidentified persons on Friday in connection with the hijack alarm incident involving an Air India flight at the international airport in Thiruvananthapuram. Police said the case was registered based on a complaint by the Abu Dhabi-Kochi bound flight pilot Rupali Waghmare, who sent the hijack alert in panic after agitated passengers allegedly stormed the cockpit. In her complaint, which was sent to...
10:44 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Mumbai: A local court on Friday acquitted 19 persons, accused to have helped get fake passports for the hijackers of the Indian Airlines flight IC-814 in December 1999. In December 1999, Mumbai police's crime branch arrested Abdul Latif, an alleged terrorist, from suburban Jogeshwari and claimed to have recovered an AK-56 rifles, hand grenades and rocket launchers from him. According to police, he confessed to committing a bank robbery for...
10:41 PM, Oct 19, 2012
The IAC has reportedly formed an ombudsman to probe into allegations against members Anjali Damania, Prashant Bhushan and Mayank Gandhi. ...
10:12 PM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA on Friday asked for recordings of the black box of the Air India Express plane after a high drama unfolded at Thiruvananthapuram when some agitated passengers entered the cockpit, leading its pilot to press the hijack alarm. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has asked the pilots to appear before it to provide their version of the incident and directed the airline to submit...
08:39 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Angry passengers aboard a Abu Dhabi-Kochi Air India Express flight on Friday triggered high drama at Thiruvananthapuram airport, Kerala. The woman pilot called in a hijack alert after a few passengers allegedly tried to barge into the cockpit. The passengers were upset that the flight had been redirected to Thiruvananthapuram due to bad weather. What followed was almost right out of a movie, with security forces swooping in to...
08:27 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: All the six passengers of the Abu Dhabi-Kochi Air India flight, who were detained at the Kochi airport over a false hijack ruckus on Friday, have been released. High drama unfolded at the international airport in Thiruvananthapuram when the pilot of the Air India flight pressed the hijack button in panic after irate passengers allegedly stormed the cockpit. The passengers allegedly refused to deboard at Thiruvananthapuram, where the flight...
05:11 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Six passengers were detained at the Kochi airport over the false hijack ruckus at the Air India Dubai-Kochi flight on Friday. Passengers alleged that their co-passengers were detained due to a 'false complaint' made by the pilot. The passengers demanded the release of the detained co-passengers. The Air India Express pilot had triggered a false hijack alarm after passengers refused to de-board at Thiruvananthapuram. This came after the flight,...
03:56 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: There was a hijack scare at the Thiruvananthapuram airport after the pilot of the Abu Dhabi-Kochi Air India Express flight rang an emergency flight. This came after the flight, that was supposed to land at Kochi, landed at Thiruvananthapuram because of a technical snag. After landing, the crew asked the passengers to de-board the plane. But the passengers refused to do so and allegedly entered the cockpit. Following this,...
12:09 PM, Oct 19, 2012
For over two years, 57-year-old TB Unnikrishan has been among the seven Indian sailors held by Somalian pirates. On September 28, 2010, their ship, Asphalt Venture, was hijacked while sailing from Kenya to Durban. ...
08:57 PM, Oct 01, 2012
New Delhi: Alleged IC-814 hijack plotter Mehrajuddin Dand has admitted to working with Dawood Ibrahim and his brother, say sources. Police have recovered a diary among other documents and hope it will reveal more details. Mehrajuddin is currently on a four-day police remand. Mehrajuddin was arrested on Thursday from Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir. Sources say Mehrajuddin was operating since 1993. He was living in Nepal with a Hindu name...
08:45 AM, Sep 15, 2012
Mehrajuddin Dand, an alleged conspirator in the IC-814 hijack, was arrested on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir. ...
02:36 PM, Sep 13, 2012
New Delhi: Mehrajuddin Dand alias Javed, the alleged conspirator of the IC-814 hijack, is a resident of Sopore. He allegedly provided logistical support for the IC-814 hijacking of 1999. Sources say Mehrajuddin was operating since 1993. He was living in Nepal with a Hindu name and was also married there. He worked for several years for the IC-814 hijack accused Arshad Cheema, who was a Pakistani diplomat based in Kathmandu....
11:27 AM, Sep 13, 2012
