Vancouver: More arrests could be done in the 26-year-old Air India case after new efforts were being made to find two men who checked in bags with explosives at the Vancouver airport on June 22, 1985, according to Royal Canadian Mounted Police Deputy Commissioner Gary Bass.
The Air India plane was blown up by a bomb while in Irish airspace, at an altitude of 31,000 feet (9,400 m), and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, resulting in death of 329 people, including 280 Canadian citizens, mostly of Indian birth or descent, and 22 Indians.
The incident was the largest mass murder in modern Canadian history. The explosion and downing of the carrier occurred within an hour of the related Narita Airport Bombing.
Disappointed with the inquiry into the investigation of the Air India bombing, Bass said that the team of more than 20 officers who continue to work full-time on the notorious case will find answers to the deadliest unsolved crime in Canadian history.
Bass, who retires next week after almost 40 years in the RCMP, told The Globe and Mail about the suspects and the investigation, and added as time goes by some people who know about the plot will no longer be afraid to speak out.
08/03/11 ANI/Daily India
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