An important development is coming as part of the ongoing Indian operation to combat terrorism. Major terrorist Abdul Rauf Azhar has been eliminated in India’s Operation Sindoor. Rauf Azhar, the terrorist responsible for the Kandahar hijacking, has been killed. He was involved in several terrorist activities and was based in Pakistan, from where he carried out these operations. However, the Indian Army has now put an end to his story. The Indian Army took action against nine terrorist hideouts on Tuesday and Wednesday night.
Rauf Azhar was the deputy commander and operational head of Jaish-e-Mohammed. His brother, Masood Azhar, was also involved in several terrorist activities against India. Rauf masterminded the hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 in 1999, known as the Kandahar hijacking. Rauf Azhar is also considered guilty of the 2001 Indian Parliament attack.
An Indian Airlines Airbus 300, flight number IC-814, took off from Kathmandu, Nepal, heading for Delhi. On December 24, 1999, terrorists hijacked the plane. The terrorists demanded the pilot take the plane to Lahore. When permission to land there was denied, the plane was diverted to Amritsar. Afterward, the plane flew to Dubai, where 27 passengers were released. Finally, the plane reached Kandahar.
In exchange for releasing the hostages, the terrorists demanded the release of three major terrorists: Masood Azhar, Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, and Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, all of whom were linked to Jaish-e-Mohammed. Eventually, the government was forced to release these three terrorists. Released terrorist Masood Azhar later became a dangerous figure for India, strengthening Jaish-e-Mohammed and planning major attacks such as the 2001 Indian Parliament attack and the 2019 Pulwama attack.