84 hijacking: Accused booked under NSA

The CBI,which has been on his lookout for the past 25 years,is also examining how he can be charged in the case since he has already served his sentence in Pakistan for hijacking.

Saini was the leader of five Sikh militants who had hijacked an Indian Airlines flight from Srinagar to Delhi on July 6,1984,with 255 passengers on board and taken it to Lahore,to avenge the Operation Bluestar. The hijack drama ended after a 17-hour stand-off,with the hijackers surrendering to the Pakistani authorities.

After a trial in Pakistan,Saini was sentenced to death by a Lahore court,but the sentence was commuted to life term. Released after 10 years in 1995,he was asked to leave Pakistan. He entered Canada using a fake passport and stayed there for 15 years,but the Canadian government had been trying to deport him. He fought his deportation in the Federal Court of Canada.