<P> Apart from this, the most notable was the hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight IC 814 en route New Delhi from Kathmandu, Nepal . The plane was hijacked on 24 December 1999 approximately one hour after take off and was taken to Amritsar airport and then to Lahore in Pakistan . After refueling the plane took off for Dubai and then finally landed in Kandahar, Afghanistan . Under intense media pressure, New Delhi complied with the hijackers' demand and freed Maulana Masood Azhar from its captivity in return for the freedom of the Indian passengers on the flight . The decision, however, cost New Delhi dearly . Maulana, who is believed to be hiding in Karachi, later became the leader of Jaish - e-Mohammed, an organisation which has carried out several terrorist acts against Indian security forces in Kashmir . </P> <P> On 22 December 2000, a group of terrorists belonging to the Lashkar - e-Toiba stormed the famous Red Fort in New Delhi . The Fort houses an Indian military unit and a high - security interrogation cell used both by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Indian Army . The terrorists successfully breached the security cover around the Red Fort and opened fire at the Indian military personnel on duty killing two of them on spot . The attack was significant because it was carried out just two days after the declaration of the cease - fire between India and Pakistan . </P> <P> In 2002, India claimed again that terrorists from Jammu and Kashmir were infiltrating into India, a claim denied by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, who claimed that such infiltration had stopped--India's spokesperson for the External Affairs Ministry did away with Pakistan's claim, calling it "terminological inexactitude ." Only two months later, two Kashmiri terrorists belonging to Jaish - e-Mohammed raided the Swami Narayan temple complex in Ahmedabad, Gujarat killing 30 people, including 18 women and five children . The attack was carried out on 25 September 2002, just few days after state elections were held in Jammu and Kashmir . Two identical letters found on both the terrorists claimed that the attack was done in retaliation for the deaths of thousands of Muslims during the Gujarat riots . </P> <P> Two car bombs exploded in south Mumbai on 25 August 2003; one near the Gateway of India and the other at the famous Zaveri Bazaar, killing at least 48 and injuring 150 people . Though no terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attacks, Mumbai Police and RAW suspected Lashkar - e-Toiba's hand in the twin blasts . </P>

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