In the worst disaster in aviation history before 9/11, 329 passengers were killed when a bomb went off on the India Air flight (known as Kanishka) to Delhi off the Irish coast on June 23, 1985.
In the weeks prior to that flight, a group of Khalistani Sikh Canadians had been conspiring to blow up the plane. Canadian authorities were not prepared for such a disaster.
The only person ever convicted over the 1985 Air India bombings that killed 331 people was Inderjit Singh Reyat, (a Canadian national and a member of the ISYF, who pleaded guilty in 2003 to manslaughter). Reyat was released from Canadian prison after serving two decades behind bars.
There have been various instances where it has been noticed that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) bungled in the Kanishka bombing case at various stages. The CSIS failed to keep track of the main accused Talwinder Singh Parmar, who allegedly masterminded the bombings which killed 331 people in June 23, 1985.
The intelligence surveillance against Parmar was mounted even before the Air India bombing took place. The CSIS suspected that he was plotting to kill the then Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Parmar came under the intelligence scanner 39 times between April 6, 1985, and June 23, 1985 (the day of the Air India blasts).
Despite such high-profile evidence and allegations, Parmar was never charged in the Air India case. The CSIS also bungled when it erased the tapes of Parmar's phone calls before and after the Air India bombing.
The Kanishka bombing and later so many other terrorist attacks by Khalistani militants were a clear demonstration that this movement was not a peaceful movement and has extremist ideologies.
Canadian intelligence authorities, however, failed repeatedly to check Sikh militants activities on Canadian soil.
Several Khalistani extremists have taken political asylum in Canada and have subsequently been given citizenship in Canada. Terrorists like Hardeep Singh Nijjar, and many others are enjoying a lavish lifestyle in Canada even as they continue to wage war against India in the name of creating Khalistan in Punjab. Hardeep Singh Nijjar is a prominent supporter of Gurpatwant Singh Pannun’s Punjab Referendum 2020 campaign and is organizing events of this campaign on Canadian soil.
In the weeks prior to that flight, a group of Khalistani Sikh Canadians had been conspiring to blow up the plane. Canadian authorities were not prepared for such a disaster.
The only person ever convicted over the 1985 Air India bombings that killed 331 people was Inderjit Singh Reyat, (a Canadian national and a member of the ISYF, who pleaded guilty in 2003 to manslaughter). Reyat was released from Canadian prison after serving two decades behind bars.
There have been various instances where it has been noticed that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) bungled in the Kanishka bombing case at various stages. The CSIS failed to keep track of the main accused Talwinder Singh Parmar, who allegedly masterminded the bombings which killed 331 people in June 23, 1985.
The intelligence surveillance against Parmar was mounted even before the Air India bombing took place. The CSIS suspected that he was plotting to kill the then Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Parmar came under the intelligence scanner 39 times between April 6, 1985, and June 23, 1985 (the day of the Air India blasts).
Despite such high-profile evidence and allegations, Parmar was never charged in the Air India case. The CSIS also bungled when it erased the tapes of Parmar's phone calls before and after the Air India bombing.
The Kanishka bombing and later so many other terrorist attacks by Khalistani militants were a clear demonstration that this movement was not a peaceful movement and has extremist ideologies.
Canadian intelligence authorities, however, failed repeatedly to check Sikh militants activities on Canadian soil.
Several Khalistani extremists have taken political asylum in Canada and have subsequently been given citizenship in Canada. Terrorists like Hardeep Singh Nijjar, and many others are enjoying a lavish lifestyle in Canada even as they continue to wage war against India in the name of creating Khalistan in Punjab. Hardeep Singh Nijjar is a prominent supporter of Gurpatwant Singh Pannun’s Punjab Referendum 2020 campaign and is organizing events of this campaign on Canadian soil.
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