India has "enough" evidence of Pakistan's role in hijack: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
NEW DELHI, Jan 4 (AFP) -
Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Tuesday said New Delhi had "enough evidence" of Pakistan's involvement in the hijacking of an Indian plane.
"We have enough evidence of Pakistan's involvement in the hijacking of the Indian Airlines aircraft and we will disclose it at the appropriate time," Vajpayee told reporters.
"We will try to get hijackers from there (Pakistan) for trial," Vajpayee said.
He said the government was also in touch with authorities in Nepal on the issue of security lapses at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, the departure point of Indian Airlines' IC-814 which was hijacked on Christmas Eve.
The plane was taken over by five masked men and flown to Afghanistan. After eight days New Delhi decided to cave in to the hijackers' demands and release pro-Kashmiri militants in exchange for the passengers and crew.
India says all five hijackers of flight IC814 were Pakistanis, and that they and the three released militants are now probably in Pakistan.
NEW DELHI, Jan 4 (AFP) -
Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Tuesday said New Delhi had "enough evidence" of Pakistan's involvement in the hijacking of an Indian plane.
"We have enough evidence of Pakistan's involvement in the hijacking of the Indian Airlines aircraft and we will disclose it at the appropriate time," Vajpayee told reporters.
"We will try to get hijackers from there (Pakistan) for trial," Vajpayee said.
He said the government was also in touch with authorities in Nepal on the issue of security lapses at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, the departure point of Indian Airlines' IC-814 which was hijacked on Christmas Eve.
The plane was taken over by five masked men and flown to Afghanistan. After eight days New Delhi decided to cave in to the hijackers' demands and release pro-Kashmiri militants in exchange for the passengers and crew.
India says all five hijackers of flight IC814 were Pakistanis, and that they and the three released militants are now probably in Pakistan.
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