Subramanian Swamy describes this incident :
What did the Indian authorities do wrong? There was not one, but several mistakes. At 7:01 PM, the flight landed at Amritsar airport. Immediately, they request that the flight be refueled. Amazingly, Punjab’s Director General of Police Sarabjit Singh was informed about this hijacking 1 hour earlier around 6 PM.
And not through other official sources But through the TV news. Can you imagine the scale of the communication failure here? Such an important officer got to know about this hijacking while watching TV.
After this hijacking, a Crisis Management Group was formed. And a local committee with the purpose of delaying the plane as much as possible. This would allow more time for the commandos to develop a strategy And to conduct some operations on the ground.
