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Yousuf Azhar wanted by CBI for IC-814 Indian Airlines hijack case since 2000

The red corner notice was issued on the request of the CBI against seven accused in the hijacking of the Indian Airlines plane

New Delhi: Yousuf Azhar, who headed the Balakot-based Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp destroyed by Indian fighter jets in a predawn strike Tuesday, is wanted by the CBI in the IC-814 hijacking case with a pending Interpol red corner notice against him since 2000.

The red corner notice was issued on the request of the CBI against seven accused in the hijacking of the Indian Airlines plane from Kathmandu to Kandahar in southern Afghanistan on December 24, 1999 —Yousuf Azhar, Ibrahim Athar, Sunny Ahmed Qazi, Zahoor Ibrahim, Shahid Akhter, Sayed Shakir and Abdul Rauf, they said.

( Source : PTI )
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