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FLYING HIGH: A passenger aircraft is silhouetted against the rising moon in New Delhi. (pic: representative)

FLYING HIGH: A passenger aircraft is silhouetted against the rising moon in New Delhi. (pic: representative)

Canada deports '84 IA hijacker to India

Canada on Tuesday deported the mastermind of the 1984 Indian Airline hijacker to India. Saini was the leader of five Sikh militants who hijacked an Indian Airlines flight from Srinagar to Delhi on July 6, 1984, with 255 passengers on board and took it to Lahore. The hijack drama ended after a 17-hour stand-off, with the hijackers surrendering to the Pakistani authorities.

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