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Pakistan News Service, December 28, 1999
RAW agent on board seized Airbus, says FO__Indian HC phone lines not disconnected : FP
ISLAMABAD - Foreign office spokesman Tariq
Altaf Monday claimed that a RAW agent was aboard the hijacked
Indian airlines now stranded at the Kandahar airport.
"A reliable source just informed us that "RAW agent was
on aboard the aircraft you can make your own conclusions,"
said the foreign office spokesman at a news briefing here on
Monday. The spokesman refused to give any detail about the
disclosure, saying "the identity of the RAW agent would be
made public in due course of time."
There is a considered opinion among the officials circles here
that India has engineered the hijacking drama in order to defame
Pakistan's new leadership, especially in the context of expected
visit of President Clinton to South Asia, Tariq Altaf added.
"Now as Pakistan seems to have moved in the direction of
signing the CTBT, the New Delhi is set about raising new
"phantoms of terrorism" by the so-called Islamic
fundamentalists in order to sabotage the possibility that Clinton
might come to Pakistan as well," he maintained. Asked to
comment on some of the information and statements attributed to
the hijackers, the spokesman said "nobody knows who are the
hijackers, their demands and identity are so far a mystery and no
one can say anything with certainty."
Tariq Altaf said Pakistan had no sympathy with any desperate
individual's act. "We condemn terrorism no matter what
nationalities of the hijackers are." The spokesman said
Indian government Monday had requested for an overfly of an
airbus on its way to Kandahar which was immediately given.
"So far, according to our information, the Indian plane has
not yet left New Delhi."
On Sunday also, he said, the Indian authorities had sought
permission for the overfly of an airbus with a capacity of 179
passengers. He said the Indian government had informed that the
aircraft would enter into Pak territory at 1215 hours and exit at
Zhob on its way to Kandahar. "Surprisingly no Indian
aircraft went to Kandahar," he informed. On the other hand,
he said, Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee Sunday said
that his country had not requested for overflying.
Tariq Altaf said Pakistan was deeply concerned over the
increasing tense situation developing in Kandahar. He expressed
full sympathy on behalf of government of Pakistan with the sad
plight of the hostages of the plane.
"The government of India appears to be least active,"
he said, adding the Afghan government had publicly invited Indian
government to send its delegation to resolve the crisis. The
United Nations had sent its delegation to Kandahar but Indian
government did not give it negotiating mandate, he regretted.
Responding to a question about the reports that Russia had called
for a meeting of the UN Security Council on the issue, Tariq
Altaf said," we hope the Security Council will call on India
to immediately send a delegation to Kandahar and resolve
crisis." The spokesman regretted that India has unleashed a
vilification campaign against Pakistan instead of making efforts
for the release of hostages. "They are trying to establish
some sort of nexus between Pakistan, Afghan government and
so-called Islamic fundamentalism." He said the hijacking of
the plane seemed to be the part of Indian ploy to malign
Pakistan. Meanwhile, a spokesman of Foreign office in a statement
on Monday took a strong exception to the Indian Media's report
that the telephone lines of the Indian High Commission in
Islamabad have been cut by the authorities.
The Spokesman said, " malicious lie on the Indian media is
that the telephone lines of the Indian High Commission in
Islamabad have been cut by the authorities. This is completely
false, indeed ridiculous. The lines are intact," he added.
He said the latest twist to the Indian canard of Pakistan's
involvement in the Indian Airlines plane's hijacking is the
announcement by the Indian media of the names of four so-called
Pakistani nationals.
"Curiously the Indian media which has regularly announced
the number of the people of various
nationalities on board the aircraft has in the last four days
never mentioned the presence of any Pakistani among them."
The Indian media is also alleging that the delay caused by the
Pakistani authorities in granting over-flight permission to the
Indian aircraft headed to Kandahar resulted in the cancellation
of the flight.
This is a false allegation. A verbal Indian request for flight
clearance was received on telephone at noon. The flight clearance
was immediately granted. Subsequently, the Indians sent a written
request as required by the rules including the necessary
particulars two hours later to which a written permission was
granted immediately", the statement added.
Pakistan News Service/Information Times, December 28, 1999
Is Indian RAW Agent S.B.S. Tomar Behind the Hijacking Drama?
Names of Passengers and Crew on Board Hijacked Indian Airlines Plane
By Syed Adeeb
WASHINGTON, DC, USA, December 28, 1999 (PNS): Pakistan Television
(PTV) and Pakistan's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Tariq Alt af have
disclosed that S.B.S. Tomar, an agent of India's infamous
intelligence agency, Research & Analysis Wing (RAW), is also
on board the hijacked Indian Airlines plane and he is guiding,
directing and controlling the five or six hijackers.
PTV reported on Tuesday, December 28, 1999 that "According
to sources, the RAW agent aboard the hijacked plane is S.B.S.
Tomar who is holding the cover post of First Secretary in the
Indian Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal. According to information,
this very RAW agent is controlling the entire operation from
inside the plane."
"I have just now been told by a reliable source that an
Indian RAW agent is on board the aircraft," Pakistan's
Foreign Office Spokesman Tariq Altaf told reporters during a news
briefing held on Monday, December 27, 1999 in Islamabad. Later,
Tariq Altaf told journalists that the name of the Indian RAW spy
is: "S.B.S. Tomar."
S.B.S. Tomar, the name of the Indian RAW agent, is definitely on
the list of the names of passengers and crew on board hijacked
Indian Airlines Flight No. IC-814, which was scheduled to fly
from Kathmandu, Nepal to New Delhi, India.
Indian Airlines flight schedule from Kathmandu to New Delhi for
Friday, December 24, 1999 was as follows: Flight No. IC 814
(Airbus 300) Departs Kathmandu at 1350, Arrives in New Delhi at
1510 - (Non-Stop Daily Flight - 7 Days a Week) - J-Class Fare =
$170, Y-Class Fare = $142.
Indian Airlines Flight IC-814 was hijacked from Indian airspace
on Friday, December 24, 1999 and taken to Lahore, Pakistan
(permission to land not granted); Amritsar, India (First Stop);
Lahore, Pakistan (Second Stop); Afghanistan (permission to land
not granted); Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Third Stop); and
Kandahar, Afghanistan (Fourth Stop), where Indian negotiators
tried to cut a deal with the hijackers.
Indian Airlines official logo reads: "a perfect
take-off". Following is the name list of Indian Airlines
Flight IC-814, which includes 178 passengers, including five
infants, and 11 crew members (For some reason, the name of Mr. S.
Kumar appears twice in the Indian Airlines Flight IC-814 list of
passengers and crew):
PASSENGERS
1. AGARWAL/A MR 2. AGGARWAL/A MRS 3.
AGGARWAL/G MR 4. AGGARWAL/S MR 5.
AHUJA/R MR 6. ARORA/H MR 7. ARORA/ MRS 8.
BAISLA/A MS 9. BAISLA/G MS 10. BAISLA/K MS
11. BAISLA/P MAS 12. BANSAL/P MRS 13.
BANSAL/SK MR 14. BARARA/S 15. BHAT/UB 16.
BHATT/J MR 17. BHATTACHARYA /A K MR 18.
BHATTACHARYA /S DR 19. BHOJWANI/B MR 20.
CALABRESIA 21. CHAPAGAIN/N P MR 22.
CHHABRA/CP MR 23. DAHALI/R D MR 24.
DAWAR/M MS 25. DHANASEKAR/S MR 26.
DHITAL/S MR 27. DOGRA/R MR 28. DUBEY/K
MAST 29. DUBEY/S MR 30. DUBEY/S MRS 31.
GANGAHAR/A MS 32. GANGAHAR/N MRS 33.
GARG/P 34. GARG/R MS 35. GARG/S MRS 36.
GHOSH/R K MR 37. GIORI/R MR 38. GOEPERT/D
MRS 39. GOEPERT/G MR 40. GOEL/D MR 41.
GOEL/S MRS 42. GROVER/A MR 43. GROVER/R
44. GROVER/V MRS 45. GUPTA/ASHOK 46.
GUPTA/ATUL 47. GUPTA/L N MR 48. GUPTA/A
MRS 49. GUPTA/S MRS 50. GUPTA/S MR 51.
GUPTA/H MRS 52. GUPTA/A MRS 53. GUPTA/V
MR 54. GURU/K MR 55. HISADA/C MS 56. JAIN/A
MR 57. JAIN/A MR 58. JAIN/A MS 59. JAIN/A MS 60.
JAIN/AP MR 61. JAIN/S MRS 62. JAMES/F MR 63.
JONSHAN/D MR 64. JOSHI/A DR 65. KACHROO/R
MR 66. KALRA/P 67. KALRA/S MRS 68. KALRA/
MR 69. KANNAN/K 70. KANNAN/RP MR 71.
KAPOOR/S MR 72. KAR/S MR 73. KATARIA/P MRS
74. KATARIA/R MR 75. KATHURIA/AA MR 76.
KATYAL/R MR (Killed by Hijackers) 77. KATYAL/R
MRS 78. KAUR/R MRS 79. KAUR/Y MS 80. KC/B
DR 81. KHANDELWALA/ MR 82. KHARWADKAR/
83. KHURANA/A 84. KOUL/K MAST 85. KOUL/U
MRS 86. KULASEKAR/R 87. KUMAR/A MR 88.
KUMAR/A MRS 89. KUMAR/D MR 90. KUMAR/R MR
91. KUMAR/RAVI MR 92. KUMAR/S MR 93.
KUMAR/S MR 94. LLORET/A MRS 95.
MACHEREL/G MRS 96. MACKLIAN/S MS 97.
MAHESH/N MR 98. MAHESH/N MS 99.
MAHESHWARI/H MS 100. MAHESHWARI/M MAST
101. MAHESHWARI/ MR 102. MAHESHWARI/ MRS
+ INF 103. MASOCH/M MR 104. MAYORAL/J MR
105. MEENU/K MRS 106. MENON/V MR 107.
MENON/ MRS 108. MISTRI/ZI MR 109. MORE/V R
MS 110. MORENO V V MS 111. MUSTAQ AHMED/
MR 112. NAITHANI/A MR 113. NAIDHANI/A MRS
114. NAIDHANI/B MR 115. NAIDHANI/K MS 116.
NAIDHANI/R MR 117. NAIDHANI/S MRS 118.
NEENA/ MRS + INF 119. PARTHASARATHI/R MR
120. PATHAK/R MS 121. PERUMAL/B MR 122.
PRASADBABU/G MR 123. QAZI/SA 124.
RAGHAV/R CAPT 125. RAGHAV/S MS 126.
RODRIGUEZ/FC MRS 127. SAHANI/S MR 128.
SAYYED/SA MR 129. SETHI/A MR 130. SETHI/S
MR 131. SHARMA 132. SHARMA/AA MR 133.
SHARMA/A MR 134. SHARMA/KK MRS 135.
SHARMA/K MS 136. SHARMA/M MR 137.
SHARMA/RK MR 138. SHARMA/S MR 139.
SHARMA/S MAST 140. SHARMA/S MAST 141.
SHARMA/S MRS 142. SHARMA/V MR 143.
SHRESTHA/H MRS 144. SHRESTHA/JL MR 145.
SHRESTHA/S MRS 146. SINGH/D MR 147.
SINGH/IQBAL MR 148. SINGH/R MRS 149.
SINGH/RP MR 150. SINGH/S MR 151. SINGH/V MR
152. SINGH/V MR 153. SINGOTIA/S MRS 154.
SINGOTIA/S MR 155. SONI/D K MR 156.
SWARUP/A MR 157. TAMRAKAR/G MR 158.
TANDON/BK MR 159. TANEJA/I MR 160.
TAYAL/RK MR 161. TOLIA/M MRS 162.
TOMAR/SBS MR 163. TULASI/M MR 164.
TYAGI/CM MR 165. TYAGI/G MR 166. TYAGI/P
MRS + INF 167. VERMA/I MRS + INF 168. VERMA/
MRS 169. VERMA/RG MR 170. VERMA/S 171.
VOHRA/R MR 172. VOHRA/ MRS + INF 173.
VOUGLA F MRS 174. WARD/P MR
CREW
1. SHARAN D CAPT 2. RAJINDER CAPT 3. JAGGIA
FLIGHT ENGR
CABIN CREW
4. SHARMA ANIL F/P 5. SATISH F/P 6. RAJANI A/H
7. SABITA A/H 8. MUKHERJEE A/H 9. DEBNATH
A/H 10. MAZUMDAR A/H 11. MENON A/H
Names of Passengers Released by Hijackers of Indian Airlines
Flight IC-814 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates:
1. Dr. B. K. TANDON 2. Mr. R. P. SINGH 3. Ms.
SHAKTI VOHRA 4. ADITYA VOHRA (Infant) 5. Ms.
INDU VERMA 6. SHAURYA VERMA (Child) 7. URVI
VERMA (Infant) 8. Ms. USHA KAUL 9. KARAN KAUL
(Child) 10. Ms. NEENA KUMARI 11. SIMRANJEET
KAUR (Child) 12. Ms. BHAVNA DUBEY 13.
SAMAKSH (Child) 14. KSHITIJ (Child) 15. Ms.
SEEMA JAIN 16. ARUSHI (Child) 17. AAKANSHA
(Child) 18. Ms. GEETA BAISLA 19. PRASHANT
BAISLA 20. KRITI BAISLA 21. AAKANKSHA BAISLA
22. Mr. SATNAM SINGH 23. Ms. PUJA TYAGI 24.
VISHAL TYAGI (Infant) 25. Ms. NAMRATA
GANGAHAR 26. Ms. KASTURI 27. ASHI
GANGAHAR (Child) 28. ANIL KHURANA (Released
by the hijackers in Kandahar, Afghanistan)
"One dead body identified as Mr. Rupin Katyal has also been
handed over," the Indian Airlines says.
Source: INDIAN AIRLINES