Bholanath Pandey and Devendra Pandey, on December 20, 1978, hijacked Indian Airlines Flight 410, en route on a domestic flight from Calcutta to Lucknow, and forced it to land at Varanasi (the hijackers were not relatives). They demanded the release of Indira Gandhi (who had been arrested after The Emergency) and the withdrawal of all the cases against her son Sanjay Gandhi.
The hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 410 by Bholanath Pandey and Devendra Pandey in 1978 was motivated by their demand for Indira Gandhi's release and the dropping of all charges against her son, Sanjay Gandhi.