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Man who warned about AI bombing approached with money
Vancouver, Nov 28: A man who had warned about an impending attack on an Air India flight was approached by police a decade later, with wads of cash, in a bid to lure him to speak about the Kanishka bombing of 1985.
Vancouver, Nov 28: A man who had warned about an impending attack on an Air India flight was approached by police a decade later, with wads of cash, in a bid to lure him
to speak about the Kanishka bombing of 1985.
Officials probing the Air India case met Harmail Singh Grewal, a liquor shop employee, with $5,000 on October 8, 1997, and sought information on his warning of the bombing 10 months before it happened, the British Columbia Supreme Court hearing the case was told.
"It was done as an inducement, wasn't it, to get Grewal to talk?", Bill Smart, the lawyer for accused bomber Ripudaman Singh Malik asked Corporal Doug Best. Best, however refuted the suggestion claiming that the money was just to show the potential witness "yes we do have money when money is required", the Vancouver Sun reported.
The Royal Canadian mounted police said Grewal was approached in October 1997 with "$5000 of cash" and a mention of a one million dollar reward. In September, 1984, Grewal had tipped off the police about a plan to blow up an Air-India plane, but they had dismissed the information as "unreliable".
His name became public in 1987 when his lawyer confirmed that he had approached the police with plans of bombing Air-India planes in return of reducing other charges he was facing at that time.
Grewal did not offer the police any names or other details of the June 23, 1985 bombing, and the deal did not take place, the report said. Bureau Report
"It was done as an inducement, wasn't it, to get Grewal to talk?", Bill Smart, the lawyer for accused bomber Ripudaman Singh Malik asked Corporal Doug Best. Best, however refuted the suggestion claiming that the money was just to show the potential witness "yes we do have money when money is required", the Vancouver Sun reported.
The Royal Canadian mounted police said Grewal was approached in October 1997 with "$5000 of cash" and a mention of a one million dollar reward. In September, 1984, Grewal had tipped off the police about a plan to blow up an Air-India plane, but they had dismissed the information as "unreliable".
His name became public in 1987 when his lawyer confirmed that he had approached the police with plans of bombing Air-India planes in return of reducing other charges he was facing at that time.
Grewal did not offer the police any names or other details of the June 23, 1985 bombing, and the deal did not take place, the report said. Bureau Report