Canada may scale back 1985 Kanishka bombing probe; victims' families object
Toronto, Sept. 19 -- Canadian law enforcement authorities were considering scaling back the probe into the 1985 bombing of Air India 'Kanishka' Flight 182 by pro-Khalistan terrorists in which 329 people were killed, the chairman of a group representing the families of the victims has said.
In a letter, the Kanishka Foundation chairman Sanjay Lazar, who lost his parents and sister in the attack, said the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) planned to reduce the task force citing lack of leads to proceed with the probe. According to reports, the families of the victims were briefed about the future of the probe during a meeting held by RCMP on September 12.
"To my utter shock and horror, I learnt that there is a move afoot to abandon the inv...
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