A person suspected to be a key conspirator in the hijacking of Indian Airlines plane (IC-814) to Kandhahar has been detained in Chile. PTI reports that highly-placed sources in the Government and the CBI said today that the Chilean police informed the CBI that they had detained a person identified as Abdul Rauf and that there was also an Interpol Red Corner notice pending against him. A CBI team would be soon going to Chile to ascertain his identity as well as question him, help from western friendly intelligence agencies was likely to be taken in this connection. Abdul Rauf wanted by the CBI is the brother-in-law of Jaish-e-Mohammed Chief Maulana Masood Azhar and was among the main conspirators in the hijacking of Indian Airlines plane from Kathmandu on December 24, 1999.The Jaish chief was among the three terrorists exchanged for the plane and over 160 passengers after eight-days of negotiations carried out at Kandhahar, in Southern Afghanistan.