Charges over Air India blast

Vancouver - Two Sikh men were arrested at the weekend and charged with killing 329 people aboard an Air India flight that took…

Vancouver - Two Sikh men were arrested at the weekend and charged with killing 329 people aboard an Air India flight that took off from Canada and exploded off the coast of Ireland on June 23rd, 1985.

The men, who were arrested in Vancouver, British Columbia, are Mr Ripudaman Singh Malik (53) and Mr Ajaib Singh Bagri (51), according to a Royal Canadian Mounted Police spokeswoman.

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