The show uses the names that the hijackers themselves used during the event. The show did not make up those names.
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In January 2000, the Indian government revealed the names of the hijackers, who used code names to refer to each other on the flight.
The then Union home minister LK Advani said in a statement that the real names of those men were: Ibrahim Athar, Shahid Akhtar Sayeed, Sunny Ahmed Qazi, Mistri Zahoor Ibrahim and Shakir.
He said they were all from Pakistan, as per ThePrint report. The home ministry’s statement said, “To the passengers of the hijacked place these hijackers came to be known respectively as (1) Chief, (2) Doctor, (3) Burger, (4) Bhola and (5) Shankar, the names by which the hijackers invariably addressed one another.”
Qazi was “Chief”, Shakir used the alias “Doctor”, Mistri was “Burger”, Sayed was “Bhola” and Ibrahim Athar was identified as “Shankar”, as per the government.
Statistics: Posted by Shameek — 04 Sep 2024 00:54