NEWS: Two not guilty of Air India bombing

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Two Sikh men were acquitted today in the deaths of 329 people who died when Air India Flight 182 was blown out of the sky by a bomb nearly 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 on all eight charges each man faced, including first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

The bombs did originate in Vancouver, Josephson ruled, but two decades after they exploded Canadian officials are no closer to solving the case. Malik and Bagri spent more than four years in custody since their arrest.

Bagri, 55, a Kamloops, B.C., sawmill worker wrote a statement delivered outside court by his daughter, Inderjit.

“The past 4-1/2 years have been very difficult for me and my family. I was accused of a horrible crime and have been in prison for over four years.

“In 1985, at the time these terrible events occurred, I was a passionate advocate of an independent homeland for Sikh people. I had absolutely no involvement in these criminal activities.”


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