Perjury trial to begin in Air India case

Vancouver, BC: The notorious Air India case – the bloodiest unsolved crime in Canadian history – will be back in the spotlight Wednesday with the start of jury selection for a trial on the rare charge of perjury against former Vancouver Island mechanic Inderjit Singh Reyat.
Mr. Reyat faces one count of perjury for allegedly testifying falsely in September, 2003, at the trial of mill worker Ajaib Singh Bagri and businessman Ripudaman Singh Malik.
Mr. Malik and Mr. Bagri were on trial for their alleged role as co-conspirators in a plot to blow up Air India planes organized by Vancouver-based Sikh nationalists fighting for a homeland called Khalistan that was to be carved out of India.
Mr. Reyat is accused of telling the court under oath, with the intent to mislead, that he did not know or recall details of the alleged conspiracy beyond a few matters, Neil MacKenzie, a spokesman for the Crown counsel's office, said yesterday in an interview. Crown counsel alleges he lied 27 times during his testimony in court.
On June 22, 1985, home-made bombs were placed on two flights leaving Vancouver in opposite directions.
02/03/10 Robert Matas/The Globe and Mail, Canada

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