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Canadian sleuths in India for Kanishka probe
WSN Network

CHANDIGARH: A five-member Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) team is in India in connection with the re-opened probe into Kanishka tragedy and the Indian media is currently focussing on the fact that the team will be interviewing some witnesses, including Jagtar Singh Hawara and Paramjit Singh Bheora of Babbar Khalsa International, convicted for assassinating former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.

A Canadian judge had acquitted the prime accused in the case three years ago after intensive and extensive investigations and a high-profile trial.

The team, as per a report in an Indian English daily on Wednesday, was headed by Liaison Officer Shane Tuckey. Kanishka mid-air blast happened  on June 23, 1985, killing all 329 passengers. A virtual trila by media for years tried to put the blame on Sikh radicals who vehemently denied any links.

Now the Canadian sleuths will question Hawara and Bheora in the presence of Chandigarh Police and CBI officials. The team has applied for this to a judge in Chandigarh who has accepted an application and granted it permission.

12 November 2008
 

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