1971:RAW FOOLED ISI
GANGA HIJAJACK WAS A DECOY
INDIA
STOPPED INDIAN AIR SPACE FOR PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN ARMY IN EAST PAKISTAN
SUFFERED.
SARASIJ MAJUMDER
The enmity between India and Pakistan is one of the most
bitter struggles in the world. While India plays the game as a defender,
following rules—Pakistan plays it most savagely. Both the countries have fought
3 major wars and countless small and big types of proxy wars in the last 70
years. Apart from all these visible wars, there is an invisible war which is
going on 24 hours throughout the year, between RAW, and ISI.
This intelligence war is a silent, bitter but effective
fight for both the countries. India's main spy agency "RAW" is
counted among the most professional and dangerous agencies in the world and
Pakistan's "ISI" also has the distinction of being a notorious spy
agency. In Pakistan, ISI is running a
parallel government or it would not be an exaggeration to say that this agency
is secretly running the entire Pakistan under its control.
There are many examples where Indian RAW has defeated
Pakistani ISI. For obvious reasons—these are not publicized. Let me tell you
one such story... Indian RAW agent, or rather double agent-- Hasham Qureshi was
working with the Border Security Force in Srinagar...
Some of terrorists in Pakistan occupied Kashmir formed an
organization for the conquest of Kashmir which was named Al Fatah. 36 people of this organization were arrested
by Kashmir Police with the help of our intelligence agencies. RAW agent Hasham
Qureshi was given the responsibility to
infiltrate this organization to get more information. He had in-depth knowledge
of many parts of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. He was sent to POK but after going
there he started running their operations in collaboration with ISI... In a way
I can say that he betrayed India... Qureshi was taught to fly a plane by a
former Pakistani pilot and also trained him to hijack a plane. ...
When ISI sent him back to India to fulfil its dark plans,
BSF caught Qureshi at the border and sent him to the camp for intensive interrogation...
Till now everything seems like a film story, and script
changed from here.
His original plan was to hijack an Indian plane which was
being flown by Rajiv Gandhi, son of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi...
This shocking news was revealed in front of the top chiefs of BSF and RAW...
India’s secret Preparations were made to defeat Pakistan in its own game.
This was India's master plan:
RAW and BSF had convinced Qureshi to complete a secret
mission on the promise of protecting him from punishment from Indian
authorities.
India's secret plan was that Qureshi himself would carry out
the plan that would hijack people on an Indian Airlines flight from Srinagar to
Lahore and demand the release of 36 members of the jailed members of Al Fatah organization.
A Fokker Friendship aircraft "Ganga", which had
been retired from Indian Airlines, was selected for this operation. As per the plan, a fake pistol
and a fake grenade were delivered to this plane. The operation begins at the
appointed time and it was announced that the plane has been hijacked... Indian’s
private Radio operators, All India Radio--all broadcasted the news of
this hijacking. The Pakistani authority in Lahore gave permission to this plane
to land. They were told that the plane had been hijacked by the Rastriya Mukti
Morcha of POK... Soon this news spread like wildfire, in that era when there
was no internet and 24-hour news channels... This news was broadcasted in such a way that the
message goes to the entire world that the Pakistan government has carried out
this kidnapping.
The plane landed in
Lahore. According to the plan, a demand
was made to release 36 members from the plane but India rejected this demand...
Pakistan gave political asylum to Qureshi and he was adopted and respected in
Pakistan as a freedom fighter... Subsequently Qureshi Was introduced to
Zulfikar Bhutto.
The passengers of that plane were ultimately sent back to
India and Pakistan burnt the plane.
The question arises why India did this?
India could ban
all Pakistani flights, and Aircrafts
crossing over Indian air space, as
early as from 20 January, 1971, making it difficult for reinforcements from
West Pakistan, which had to detour -- the much longer route over Sri Lanka.
PAF flew nearly 100 sorties in support of the ground forces
between October and 3 December.
India banned all flights from, and to Pakistan. After this
incident, a message was given to the whole world that Pakistan is openly
nurturing and supporting terrorism... Pakistan knew very well that Qureshi was
an agent of India. Pakistan was using civilian flights to supply resources to East
Pakistani (Bangladesh) areas... The easiest way to reach from Pakistan to
Bangladesh was to use the Indian airspace, otherwise it would have to travel much
longer air route to reach East Pakistan.
Due to the air blockade imposed by
India, this restriction was breaking the back of Pakistan as the supplies to
the army was slowed down and eventually Pakistan had to leave the East Pakistan
part. This was a master stroke in the 1971 war by the Indian intelligence
agency RAW which forced the enemy to bow down.
RAW’s contribution in Bangladesh war was phenomenal. But it left un-noticed.
References:- There are many references
including BBC coverage on this. Some are listed below.
1.0 https://madrascourier.com/insight/mission-raw-the-hijack-of-aeroplane-ganga-in-1971/
2.0 https://www.thelallantop.com/lallankhas/post/tarikh-story-of-1971-indian-airline-ganga-hijacking-how-raw-fooled-pakistan
3.0 https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/reviews/story/1971-hijacking-mission-that-went-well-in-real-not-reel-507398
4.0 https://medium.com/@cmchelsimehta/operation-ganga-indias-strategic-hijack-and-the-birth-of-bangladesh-dc985b3dedad
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