IC 814 Hijacked

by Anil Jaggia

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  Shahid Latif alias Shaheen Bhat

  Abdul Lateef

  Bagh, POK

  Jamait-ul-Mujahideen

  21-Jan-94

  Latif was among the terrorists trapped in the first siege of the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, and benefited from the subsequent “safe passage” deal. He was again sent into Kashmir in August 1994, this time to eliminate terrorists of Kashmiri origin who had negotiated the Hazratbal deal, also involved in several killings.

  29

  Shahid Mohammad Mughal alias Abu Darda

  Ali Afsa

  Bangni, Rawalkot POK

  Lashkar-e-Taiba

  2-Jan-95

  Trained in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, Mughal is personally close to one of the Markaz Dawa wal' Irshad’s top Amirs, Warris Khan. He was inducted into India along with a group of 25 Lashkar terrorists and 17 Al-Barq terrorists, along with arms and explosives. Mughal was arrested from Chhanpora in Srinagar.

  30

  Sohail Ahmed Kataria

  Shahbaz Ahmed Khar

  Kotli, POK

  Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front

  29-Oct-96

  Kataria was involved with half a dozen attacks on security force positions, throwing grenades in crowded public places, and along with a terrorist named Mushtaq Kotru, with the killing of a BSF trooper at Habakadal in Srinagar in March 1996. He is also charged with several murders including the killing of a Chinese tourist

  31

  Sultan Ahmed Miyan alias Umar

  Ghulam Jeelani

  Abdul Hakim Faberwala, District Kahniwal, Pakistan

  Harkat-ul-Jihad Islami

  14-Sep-94

  Like Rajput, Miyan was released from jail on November 16, 1999, but re-arrested shortly afterwards because of continued terrorist activities. He was trained at the Liza camp in Afghanistan, and was arrested in Anantnag.

  32

  Syed Khalid Hussain alias Sajad Hussain

  Khadim Hussain Bukhari

  Adamsheri, Muzaffarabad, POK

  Islami Jamait-ul-Tulba / Hizb-ul-Mujahideen

  12-Jan-95

  Hussain was trained in Khost, Afghanistan, and was issued weapons by the ISI before he was launched into India.

  33

  Syed Sajid Sajjad Bukhari alias Sajjad alias Ali Bhai alias Sajjad Afghani

  Syed Shah Pal

  Mandyari Kotli, POK

  Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front

  6-Jun-95

  Bukhari was responsible for the murder of the Assistant Manager of the Uri Hydel Project on October 4, 1995.

  34

  Syed Salahuddin Qazi alias Mohammad Yousuf

  Ghulam Rasool

  Faisalabad, Pakistan

  Muslim Liberation Army

  27-Jul-92

  Although a member of a relatively small organisation, Qazi was a top terrorist, charged with the Muslim Liberation Army’s training programmes at Tattapani in POK. He crossed into Rajouri before being arrested with four others.

  35

  Syed Waqar Shah alias Imran

  mam Shah

  Abottabad, Pakistan

  Harkat-ul-Ansar

  26-Mar-96

  Shah was inducted to strenghten the Harkat-ul-Ansar network in Rajouri and Poonch, which in 1996 was minimal. He was subsequently ordered to disrupt the parliamentary elections that year through explosions and selective assassinations.

  36

  Zulfikar Ali Shah alias Amar

  Ziarat Ali

  House No. 137 Block B, Latifabad, Hyderabad, Pakistan

  slami Inquilab-e-Vlahaz

  7-Feb-93

  A dropout from a diploma course in Mechanical Engineering, Shah took part in the Afghan war from 1991. He arrived in India in late 1992, and was arrested shortly after he arrived from Pakistan+G28.