Air India witness makes appearance on murder charge

Surrey, BC: Smiling and waving at associates, accused killer Raminder Singh (Mindy) Bhandher made his first appearance in Surrey provincial court Monday on a charge that he shot a young man last month.
Bhandher had spent the weekend in jail after being arrested in Vancouver on Friday while driving with his close associate Amardeep Singh (Lali) Narwal.
Narwal was in court Monday, along with gangster Nachatar Singh (Nash) Bagri and members of Bhandher's family and his wife, Feroozan Noori.
The 30-year-old Bhandher, who was a key defence witness at the Air India trial for Ripudaman Singh Malik, is accused of killing Tejvir Singh (Sunny) Bains in a brazen evening shooting.
Bhandher, whose father Balwant remains a suspect in the 1985 Air India bombing, was called by Malik to refute the testimony of the Crown's star witness at the Air India trial. She had claimed to overhear Malik and Bhandher discussing incriminating information about the bombing in April 1997.
Bhandher and some of his associates were on hand to support Malik when the Air India verdict came down on March 16, 2005, acquitting the Vancouver businessman.
26/02/08 Kim Bolan/Canwest News Service/Vancouver Sun/Canada.com, Canada

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