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Remembering IC-814 hijacking and birth of Pak terror monster Masood Azhar | Latest News India

The hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 from Kathmandu to Delhi on the Christmas Eve of the new millennium has been the  subject of lots of books and Bollywood movies. A file photo of Indian Airlines’ IC-814 aircraft at Taliban-ruled Kandahar The 1999 hijacking has again caught the public eye through a fictional series broadcast over an OTT platform. The fictional drama series in its credits, especially thanks two IPS officers, who had nothing to do with counter-terrorism in Indian intelligence agencies at any point of time during their careers. One of them worked in the Intelligence Bureau throughout his life and was joint director of, the Multi-Agency Centre during the 26/11 Mumbai massacre. The other’s crowning glory was the Director, Special Protection Group, whose task is to protect the Prime Minister of India. ALSO READ: IC-814 victim Rupin Katyal gets justice, hijacker Ibrahim killed in Karachi However, the drama series has reopened wounds of an era when the West was still gloating over its defeat of the communist Soviet Union at the hands of …