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| Main accused still in Pakistan: CBI |
| 2008-02-07 |
| Soon after the court verdict sentencing three convicts to life terms in the IC 814 Indian Airlines plane hijack case, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Vijay Shanker said on Tuesday that there was no question of being satisfied as the main accused in the case were still living in Pakistan. The CBI chief said all evidence had been provided to Pakistan and India had requested that all the five hijackers should be handed over to it. “We approached them at the highest level both politically and diplomatically but Pakistani authorities remained uncooperative. If this is the attitude, how will the fight against global terror succeed?” Mr. Shanker told reporters. He said that even the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had conducted the probe into the IC-814 hijack case of 1999 but their investigation remained inconclusive and it led to nowhere. “We are surprised about this as the case is still being investigated by the FBI,” he said. The FBI had registered a case at its headquarters in early 2000 as an American national, Jeanne Moore, was on board the IC-814 flight from Kathmandu to Delhi. “We have shared everything possible. Everything means everything but the agency [FBI] is yet to conclude its probe,” Mr. Shanker said. He said the FBI team visited India at least half a dozen times and all important aspects had been taken up with the U.S. government. The CBI has secured Interpol red corner notice against the hijackers — Ibrahim Athar, Sunny Ahmed Qazi, Zahoor Ibrahim, Shahid Akhter Sayed and Shakir and accomplices Yusuf Azhar and Abdul Rauf, alleged to be key conspirators. |
| Posted by:Fred |