Who was that Khalistani terrorist Gajinder Singh who died in Pakistan, was wanted in the plane hijacking case

New Delhi: Pro-Khalistan wanted terrorist Gajinder Singh, who was hiding in Pakistan, has died. he/she was 73 years old. Pro-Khalistan terrorist Gajinder Singh, who hijacked the Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines flight in 1981, died of a heart attack in Lahore. he/she was hiding in Pakistan for nearly four decades. he/she co-founded a radical Sikh organization called Dal Khalsa and continued to run anti-India campaigns till his/her last days. In 2002, he/she was placed in the list of 20 most wanted terrorists.

Indian flight was hijacked in 1981

Gajinder Singh was cremated near a gurdwara in the Pakistani city on Thursday, Dal Khalsa official Kanwarpal Singh said. his/her daughter Bikramjit Kaur lit the pyre. On September 29, 1981, Gajinder and four terrorists hijacked Flight IC-423 carrying 111 passengers and six crew members. The hijackers forced the pilot to land the plane in Lahore, from where they negotiated with then Indian ambassador K. Natwar Singh for the release of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and several pro-Khalistan militants.

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Gajinder Singh was hiding in Pakistan

Gajinder Singh’s gang demanded $500,000 and threatened to behead the pilots. The hijackers wrapped fruits in newspapers claiming they were hand grenades with which they would blow up the plane. The hijacking drama ended after Pakistani commandos entered the hijacked plane under diplomatic pressure from India. The then Pakistan government claimed to have kept the hijackers in captivity for several years. However, in 1986 some photographs emerged which showed that the accused were roaming freely. Two of the men, Satnam Singh and Tejinder Pal Singh, who later returned to India, were arrested, tried and then acquitted.

India kept demanding extradition

Gajinder Singh travelled to Germany in 1996 but was barred from entering the country due to India’s objections. he/she returned to Pakistan and remained silent for several years. India continued to seek his/her extradition, while Pakistan continued to deny Gajinder Singh’s presence in its territory. In 2016, Dal Khalsa merged with another radical outfit called Panch Pradhani. However, it retained its name to pursue a separatist Khalistan agenda.

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A photo revealed that Gajinder was in Pakistan

No one knew about Gajinder’s whereabouts until September 2022. No one knew where he/she was or what his/her condition was. he/she remained unidentified for so many years, meanwhile, when a photo of him/her appeared on social media, it was revealed that he/she was hiding in Pakistan. he/she had posted his/her photo in which he/she was standing in front of Gurdwara Panja Sahib in Hasan Abdal in Pakistan’s Punjab province. At an event in Hoshiarpur on the 41st anniversary of the kidnapping, Dal Khalsa appealed to Pakistan to consider granting political asylum to Gajinder.

Amir Sarfaraz Tamba, accused of killing Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who is on death row in Pakistan, was killed on 14 April this year. he/she was murdered by unknown gunmen in Lahore. 11 years after the murder of Sarabjit Singh, his/her killer, ISI operative and an associate of Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed, Amir Sarfaraz, was shot dead by bike-borne gunmen in Lahore’s Islampura area. Without naming India, Pakistani officials had termed his/her murder a target killing and ordered an investigation.