Canadian police to question terrorists imprisoned in Chandigarh

Chandigarh: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officials on Wednesday arrived at the high-security Burail jail here to interview two Babbar Khalsa terrorists in connection with the mid-air bombing of Air India's Kanishka flight in June 1985.
The RCMP officers will question the two terrorists, Jagtar Singh Hawara and Paramjit Singh Bheora, in the presence of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Chandigarh police officials.
Both terrorists are lodged in the prison after a local court here sentenced them to death last year for their involvement in the assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in August 1995.
The Mounties are re-investigating the Kanishka bombing to arrive at fresh evidence to nail suspects acquitted in the case.
A court here has given permission to the RCMP team to interview the terrorists.
The RCMP had in January this year asked the security agencies here for help to interview 12 'witnesses' who it pointed out could have information regarding the Kanishka bombing, which left all 329 passengers on board the aircraft dead near the coast of Ireland. The flight had taken off from Toronto.
The RCMP team had Tuesday met top officials of the Punjab police, Chandigarh police and the CBI to seek help in interviewing certain terrorists who were in prisons in Chandigarh and Punjab. 12/11/08 IANS/Times of India

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