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IC-814 (Indian Airlines Flight IC-814) Probe to Exercise in Alaska: India, U.S. Join Hands

FBI team to take pilot Dev Sharan’s testimony, US to supply gear for biological warfare

Thursday, July 18, 2002
By Ritu Sarin
The Indian Express

The US assurance comes at a time when a Pak court has issued a death sentence against Omar Sheikh, who had been set free by the Government as ransom for the IC-814 hostages.

NEW DELHI, India -- IE
In an apparent rebuff to Washington, New Delhi may have today repeated Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani’s statement that Pakistan be declared a terrorist state.

But on the ground, last week, Washington and New Delhi charted out a road map for cooperation in key areas, including the probe into the IC-814 hijack, supply of gear for biological warfare and a joint exercise in Alaska later this year.

In fact, at the fifth Indo-US Joint Working Group meeting in Washington on July 11-12, US investigators assured their Indian counterparts that the FBI had corroborated evidence on the identity and motives of the hijackers after questioning several passengers of IC-814 in their countries, including in India. And soon, an FBI team will arrive in New Delhi to obtain the testimony of the pilot, Captain Devi Sharan.

Also, US authorities are working on getting a ‘‘sealed indictment’’ against the five Pak hijackers. This refers to an indictment that’s procured from the court and kept in sealed cover until the hijackers are apprehended.
(More: Indian-Express.com News Source)
2002 © Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay), Ltd.

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