Fri Sep 06 19:17:04 UTC 2024: – Omar Abdullah recalled the 1999 IC814 hijacking incident and the kidnapping of Rubaiya Syed, daughter of former Home Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
– He stated that the Rubaiya Syed incident set a precedent for negotiations with terrorists that had to be followed during the Kandahar hijacking
– The impending release of a Netflix series on the IC814 hijacking has sparked controversy over the depiction of hijackers’ code names
– The Central government summoned the content head of Netflix over the allegedly contentious aspects of the series
– A PIL seeking a ban on the series for not revealing the real identities of the hijackers was withdrawn from the Delhi High Court

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