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Member of Sikh organisation denies involvement in AI bombing
Vancouver, May 14: A one-time member of a Sikh organisation has denied involvement in the bombing of the Air India jet in 1985 which crashed off the Irish coast killing all 329 people on board.
Vancouver, May 14: A one-time member of a Sikh organisation has denied involvement in the bombing of the Air India jet in 1985 which crashed off the Irish coast killing all 329 people on board.
Sodhi Singh Sodhi testified that while he knew several
people with alleged ties to the bombing, he knew nothing about
the plot to blow up the Kanishka flight.
The British Colombia Supreme Court hearing the case was told yesterday that Sodhi's telephone number was left as a contact when two plane tickets were purchased over phone from Canadian Pacific Airlines in June 1985.
The court also heard that Sodhi, a one-time member of the international Sikh Youth Federation, had been identified as resembling the individual who paid for the tickets at the airline's Vancouver office. However, Sodhi denied any involvement.
An explosives expert told the court on Monday that the screening system in Toronto that scanned hand-held baggages prior to the 'Kanishka' tragedy was "useless".
Tim Sheldon, a British expert in explosion-detection equipment, yesterday told the court hearing the trial of the two men Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, accused of masterminding the bombings that the hand-held baggage screening device in Toronto to detect any explosives going aboard an Air-India flight was useless as a bomb detector.
Bureau Report
The British Colombia Supreme Court hearing the case was told yesterday that Sodhi's telephone number was left as a contact when two plane tickets were purchased over phone from Canadian Pacific Airlines in June 1985.
The court also heard that Sodhi, a one-time member of the international Sikh Youth Federation, had been identified as resembling the individual who paid for the tickets at the airline's Vancouver office. However, Sodhi denied any involvement.
An explosives expert told the court on Monday that the screening system in Toronto that scanned hand-held baggages prior to the 'Kanishka' tragedy was "useless".
Tim Sheldon, a British expert in explosion-detection equipment, yesterday told the court hearing the trial of the two men Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, accused of masterminding the bombings that the hand-held baggage screening device in Toronto to detect any explosives going aboard an Air-India flight was useless as a bomb detector.
Bureau Report