Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh was incarcerated in Tihar Jail and stayed in prison till December 1999 when he was released in exchange for the passengers aboard hijacked Indian Airlines Flight 814 . He subsequently was alleged to be involved in the murder of Daniel Pearl . He was sentenced to death on 14 July 2002 in Pakistan . Three Pakistani militants belonging to Harkat-ul-Ansar were given death sentences and three others life sentences by a Delhi court in April 2002 for their roles in the kidnapping Under CIA interrogation Khalid Sheikh Mohammad confessed to being the one who personally wielded the blade that killed Daniel Pearl
Indian Airlines Flight 814
Indian Airlines Flight 814
1994 kidnappings of Westerners in India