Vancouver: Inderjit Singh Reyat, who in 1991 became the only person ever convicted in the Air India bombing, is being released from prison in British Columbia after serving five years for perjury.
Patrick Storey, Pacific regional manager of the Parole Board of Canada, said Mr. Reyat has reached his statutory release date and must be let go.
“A statutory release is not a discretionary release. It’s an automatic release mandated by law,” he said.
Mr. Reyat was convicted of perjury in 2010 for lying to the court in 2003 during the trial of Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, who were acquitted in the terrorist attack on Air India Flight 182 that killed all 329 people aboard.
In 1991, Mr. Reyat was convicted of manslaughter in the deaths of two baggage handlers who were killed at Tokyo’s Narita Airport when a suitcase bomb destined for the Air India flight blew up. He served 10 years for that crime. He also got five years for another manslaughter charge in the Air India bombing.
Mr. Reyat got nine years for perjury, the longest such sentence ever given in Canada, although he was given credit for time served awaiting trial. His sentence began on Jan. 7, 2011.
26/01/16 Mark Hume/The Globe and Mail
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Patrick Storey, Pacific regional manager of the Parole Board of Canada, said Mr. Reyat has reached his statutory release date and must be let go.
“A statutory release is not a discretionary release. It’s an automatic release mandated by law,” he said.
Mr. Reyat was convicted of perjury in 2010 for lying to the court in 2003 during the trial of Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, who were acquitted in the terrorist attack on Air India Flight 182 that killed all 329 people aboard.
In 1991, Mr. Reyat was convicted of manslaughter in the deaths of two baggage handlers who were killed at Tokyo’s Narita Airport when a suitcase bomb destined for the Air India flight blew up. He served 10 years for that crime. He also got five years for another manslaughter charge in the Air India bombing.
Mr. Reyat got nine years for perjury, the longest such sentence ever given in Canada, although he was given credit for time served awaiting trial. His sentence began on Jan. 7, 2011.
26/01/16 Mark Hume/The Globe and Mail
