'Hired and paid' hit men killed Ripudaman Singh Malik outside his Surrey, B.C., business: court document | CBC News LoadedThe details of the killing are outlined in an agreed statement of facts filed in B.C. Supreme Court as two men await sentencing after pleading guilty to second-degree murder.RCMP and Surrey Police officers work the scene of a shooting in Surrey, B.C.
In 2005, Malik was acquitted in B.C. Supreme Court along with his co-accused, Ajaib Singh Bagri, of charges related to the bombings aimed at two Air India planes that killed 331 people in June 1985. The Canadian government previously said credible intelligence linked India's government to the killing last year of Khalistani activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. India has denied the claims.
Both men were originally charged with first-degree murder but pleaded guilty last week to the lesser charge, and a hearing in New Westminster on Thursday was expected to fix a date for their sentencing. More layers of India's alleged covert operation likely to be exposed as RCMP probe continues: sources