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Revealed: RAW official dismissed intelligence input on IC-814 hijack days before

New Delhi: The sensational hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 to Kandahar in December 1999 is hard to forget.The hijacking exposed India as a soft state as the government swapped three terrorists-Maulana Masood Azhar, Ashfaq

India TV News Desk Published : Apr 06, 2014 14:59 IST, Updated : Apr 17, 2014 7:05 IST


The book states that a junior RAW operative, UV Singh, informed his counselor at the Indian Embassy, that there was apprehension about hijacking of the plane by Pakistani terrorists but the counselor rebuked him and warned him not to spread rumours. This report was never sent to RAW headquarters .

The book claims that Ironically, the day IC-814 was hijacked, this counselor was on board the flight.
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