The veteran journalist who is currently running his own news portal in Hindi revealed that media coverage of the hijack incident created undue pressure on the central government and they had to accept the demands of the hijackers, which included the release of three terrorists.
The international community, including the US, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Russia, and Bangladesh have condemned the dastardly attack on Indian security personnel.
There have been many incidents of violence, loot, even rape and murder in cabs in recent years. Though not all incidents can be related to fake identities and fake documents being used, it cannot be denied that the lack of a mechanism to ensure the identity of the driver in a cab is a major safety loophole.