Cowardice is thy name gentlemen- you know who you are.
All across the betrayed Dominion, Canadians are puking.
Yet another Liberal Government travesty of justice!
March 16, 2005
Talwinder Singh Parmar: Emigrates from Punjab on May 31, 1970. Becomes a Canadian citizen in 1976. Declares himself “India’s most-wanted rebel” and founds the Babbar Khalsa Society in B.C. to collect donations for an independent Sikh homeland. Arrested in November 1985 on suspicion of bombing the Air India flight; never charged. Flees Canada for Pakistan four years later. Killed by Indian police in 1992.
Ripudaman Singh Malik: Major donor to Babbar Khalsa Society. Becomes an RCMP suspect in 1985, dubbed “The Rupee Man.” Asked Parmar for loan of $100,000. Charged largely on basis of allegations by woman he fired from his Khalsa school after calling her a “slut.”
Ajaib Singh Bagri: Immigrates from Punjab to Canada in 1971 at age 22, settles in Kamloops, B.C. Fiery speaker, one of first members of Babbar Khalsa, a chief lieutenant to Parmar. Single conviction for theft. RCMP pay a New York man $300,000 US to say Bagri claimed responsibility for the bombing. Girlfriend refused to co-operate with Crown at his trial.
Hardial Singh Johal: Spends day in jail in India at age 14 for agitating for Sikh rights. Immigrates to Canada in 1972. Believed to be the brains of the Air India plot, present at Vancouver International Airport on morning the bags are checked in. Phone number turns up with CP Air ticket agents who take calls from a “Singh” wanting to book the fatal tickets. Never charged. Dies from a heart ailment shortly after charges laid in the bombing.
Inderjit Singh Reyat: Fanatical Sikh, director of the Sikh temple in Duncan, B.C. Fingered as the bomb-maker after Japanese experts identify nine components of explosive device that killed two baggage handlers at Narita. Arrested and charged in November 1985, convicted only of possession of dynamite. In July 1986, settles in England, where RCMP rearrest him in 1988 on charges of killing two baggage handlers. Extradited to Canada. In 1991, convicted of manslaughter after cutting a deal.
Surjan Singh Gill: Malaysian-born, original promoter of Khalistan cause in Vancouver. Sets up “consulate,” prints Khalistan currency and passports. Gill and Parmar visit Duncan in May 1984 as Reyat is busy acquiring bomb parts. On June 4, 1985, he escorted Parmar and an unidentified man to ferry terminal at Horseshoe Bay; the men are later met by Reyat, who gives them a bomb demonstration. Files a written resignation from Babbar Khalsa two days before the bombings. RCMP call him the “11th-hour man” but never charge him. Now lives in England.
Amarjit Singh Pawa: Ran Friendly Travels in Vancouver, supplies Parmar with tickets. Their conversations indicate he booked the fatal ticket. Questioned by the RCMP in 1985. Died from liver problems a few years later. RCMP’s hopes for death-bed confession failed to materialize.
What a travesty.
Ruling by Judge. No jury.
No, he didn't. The witnesses who said he did were not believed. Now the focus must be on hodling the people who did kille these 329 innocnet human beings responsible and no longer on blaming a convenient minority for political purposes.
"What an effin joke. The guy killed a plane load of people"
Maybe they did, but apparently the RCMP, CSIS and the Crown Prosecutor's office failed to make a convincing case for their guilt. We still have the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in this country. Not a very satisfying end to the lengthy and expensive process, but that's the way it is, nonetheless.