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Vancouver — A day after he was acquitted of the worst mass murder in Canada's history, Vancouver businessman Ripudaman Singh Malik is once again dealing with the police. However this time, he is the victim of crime. Five men broke into his downtown clothing business early yesterday morning. A surveillance camera at the business caught the men on tape and the security system registered when they came in and when they left. A fire broke out before 6 a.m. yesterday. Vancouver police, who seized the surveillance tapes, indicated the men were "street people," Mr. Malik's son Jaspreet said yesterday in...

Inquiry calls in Air India case Canadian families of the victims of the Air India jet bombing in 1985 have called for a public inquiry following the acquittal of the two main suspects. The authorities "owe it to the 329 victims of this crime," said Eddie Madon, after the judge in Vancouver found two Canadian Sikhs not guilty. The trial has cost least $100m, and has been one of the most complex cases in Canadian history. Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan said there was no point in an inquiry. "There will be, tragically, some questions that may very well not...

Wednesday, Mar 16, 2005 Email this to a friend print this page Malik, Bagri not guilty in bombing of Air India Flight 182 full image Ajaib Singh Bagri leaves B.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday in Vancouver, B.C., with his daughter. (CP PHOTO/ Richard Lam) VANCOUVER (CP) - Two Sikh men were acquitted Wednesday in the deaths of 329 people who perished when Air India Flight 182 was brought down by a bomb 20 years ago in Canada's worst case of mass murder. Justice Ian Josephson of the B.C. Supreme Court found Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri not guilty...

Just came off the wire - not guilty for Malik.