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The hijacking resulted in the release of three dreaded terrorists jailed in India — Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, Mushtaq Zargar and Masood Azhar — in exchange for the nearly 150 passengers of the hijacked Indian Airlines Flight. Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh was involved in the killing of the United States journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan. Masood Azhar went on to establish the Jaish-e-Mohammad group after his release. Abdul Rauf Azhar , Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar ’s brother and the terrorist group's second-in-command, was killed in Operation Sindoor, sources told Times Now. In a massive achievement, India neutralised Abdul Rauf Azhar — operational head of Jaish-e-Mohammed and mastermind of IC-814 hijacking, in Operation Sindoor in Pakistan’s Punjab province, officials said on Thursday. In the Punjab province, the Indian armed forces carried out strikes in ... During the IC 814 hijacking, a flight traveling from Kathmandu to Delhi with 190 passengers was rerouted to Kandahar. To secure the hostages' release, the Indian government was compelled to free three terrorists, including Masood Azhar . A statement attributed to Masood Azhar on Wedesday said that 10 members of his family and four of his aides were killed when India targeted Jaish-e-Mohammed headquarters, Jamia Masjid Subhan Allah, in Bahawalpur. Also Read: Who was Abdul Rauf Azhar ...
