Air India suspect's witness charged with murder

Metro Vancouver: A key witness for Air India suspect Ripudaman Singh Malik has been charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of a young Surrey man.
Raminder Singh (Mindy) Bhandher, whose father Balwant remains an Air India suspect, will appear in Surrey provincial court Monday morning.
Bhandher, 30, was arrested today. He is alleged to have entered a woman's condo on Jan. 28, 2008 and gunned down 24-year-old Tejvir Singh (Sunny) Bains, her young lover. The woman was the ex-girlfriend of one of Bhandher's closest criminal associates.
Bhandher testified for Malik in May 2004 to refute the testimony of the Crown's star witness who claimed she overheard Bhandher and Malik discussing Air India. Bhandher claimed to be in India when the conversation was said to have taken place. But he also admitted a lengthy involvement in drug trafficking, credit card fraud and other crimes. Bhandher's father Balwant, who was out of town on business when his son was nabbed, remains a close associate of Malik's and a suspect in the June 23, 1985 Air India bombing.
23/02/08 Kim Bolan/Vancouver Sun/Canada.com, Canada

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