Zahoor Mistry, One Of hijackers of IC-814 killed in Karachi, Top Jaish terrorists joined his funeral

 

Zahoor Mistry , a hijacker and one of the five terrorists who hijacked plane IC- 814 has been killed in Pakistan's Karachi . He was living in Karachi under new identity of Zahid Akhund for past several years . Reportedly , he was running Crescent furniture shop which was inside Akhtar Colony in Karachi.

 

Geo Tv Pakistan confirmed the death and reported the murder of a 'businessman' in Karachi without giving any details . CCTV footage has revealed two persons entering the shop to execute the murder . According to sources, the media has been asked not to report the matter for some weird reason. Though Jaish top leadership were present at his funeral . Rauf Asgar who happens to be the brother of Jaish - e - Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar reportedly attended the funeral.

 

IC- 814 plane of Indian Airlines was hijacked by five hi jackers from Nepal on 24 Dec.1999. After making suspicious stops at Lahore , Amritsar and Dubai, it finally stationed in Afghanistan which was being controlled by Taliban. The hostage crisis continued for a week which forced New Delhi to release dreaded terrorists Masood Azhar , Ahmad Omar Saeed and Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar. One Indian national was killed while remaining 170 passengers and crew survived the hijacking.