‘Mamata Proposed To Go As Hostage’; Yashwant Sinha Recalls Kandahar Plane Hijacking Case Mamata Banerjee was the Railway minister when the Kandahar hijacking case had taken place. The hijacking of Indian Airlines IC-184 in December 1999. The aircraft was flown to Kandahar. The passengers were freed, but only after Jaswant Singh escorted three released militants. Outlook Web Bureau 2021-03-13T19:06:50+05:30 ‘Mamata Proposed To Go As Hostage’; Yashwant Sinha Recalls Kandahar Plane Hijacking Case outlookindia.com 2021-03-13T19:09:21+05:30 Also read Former Union minister and former member of BJP Yashwant Sinha who joined TMC on Saturday narrated how West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had offered to go as a hostage in exchange for passengers of Air India's IC 814 that was hijacked by the militants over two decades ago.