· the political and economic repression of the Sikhs by the Brahminist regime in India including diverting Punjab rivers to non-riparian states, division of the former Punjab into 3 states in 1967, looting of Punjab’s green-revolution wealth by price fixing 50% below international prices, denial of Punjabi as a state language, and attack on 38 Sikh shrines including the Golden Temple in June 1984
· the murder of over 5,000 Sikh civilians by the Brahminist regime in the capital city of
- the massacre of over 250,000 Sikhs by the Indian army between 1984-93 sent in by Indira Gandhi to supposedly chase down “300 Sikh militants” (Indian Parliamentary Hansard, 1984)
Despite the Brahminist propaganda, the basic fact still stands that after millions of dollars and 25 years of “investigations”, no one has been found guilty of the murder of 330 men, women and children. Isn’t it time that the Canadian media stops misdirecting itself (and its taxpayers) and start behaving like a professional news organization?
Most Sikhs believe that the Air India Bombing (AIB) was a staged false-flag operation to brand Sikhs internationally as a “terrorist community” and neutralize their attempts to mobilize international human rights pressure on abuses by the Indian Army and Hindu mobs let loose to terrorize and massacre the Sikh population of
For example, despite its narrow focus, the Air India Inquiry in May 2007 revealed that CSIS suspected the "Sikh terrorist" Parmar of being an agent provocateur of the Indian government (http://ottsun.canoe.ca/News/BreakingNews/2007/05/24/4204893.html; May 24, 2007). Then, CSIS conveniently erased 32 filed tapes in the late 1980s which linked their “Sikh terrorist” subjects to Indian consulates in
Soft Target investigators also reports that the Air-India’s X-ray machine at the
To reach the truth, it is about time that western and Canadian journalists start examining “the nature of
Since assuming state power in 1947, Brahminist communities (8% of Hindus: Lala, Brahmin, Bania castes) have done very well in India at the expense of the rest by systematically corrupting, monopolizing and looting all state institutions set up by the British. They are motivated by hegemonic historical-cultural ideologies spawned by fascist right-wing organizations such as the “Arya Samaj” (“Aryan Society”, established 1876), RSS (Rastriya Seva Sangh modeled on the Nazi RSS) and Brahmo-Samaj. In a largely mythical and delusional history, Brahminist-Hindus fancy themselves as some perpetual ruling-class of India even through the objective historical record bears witness to mostly non-Brahminist rule in the subcontinent over the past 2500 years (e.g. Buddhism, Muslim, Sikh) and various new influxes of peoples and cultures such as the Sakas (Indo-Scythians), Huns, Moguls and Pathans. These groups and their descendents created most of the known “Indian” empires, including the Buddhist empires of the Mauryas, Satrapas, Kushanas, Virkas from 300BC-800AD; the Muslim empires of the Ghaznis, Lodhis, Mughals (10-18 century AD); and Sikh rule before the British arrival in the 19th century.
The roots, dress and traditions of many militant landholding tribes and communities (e.g. Jats, Gujars, Rajputs) in the northwest subcontinent has been traced to Saka and Hun waves that settled the Indus-gangetic region between 500 BC–500 AD, and these communities form the bulk of the Sikh population in the northwest state of Punjab.
The Story so Far!
ANCOUVER,
The decision by a provincial Supreme Court judge that the government did not make a conclusive case after two decades of investigations that cost more than $80 million represented a stinging rebuke to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and
But in the end, nearly all the physical evidence was lost 7,000 feet below the ocean. The most credible potential witnesses were either murdered, died of natural causes or were apparently intimidated from testifying.
The handful of important witnesses presented by the prosecution, who testified that they had heard the two defendants confess, were deemed unreliable and biased by Judge Ian Bruce Josephson.
"These hundreds of men, women and children were entirely innocent victims of a diabolical act of terrorism unparalleled until recently in aviation history," Judge Josephson said in his verdict. "Justice is not achieved, however, if persons are convicted on anything less than the requisite standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt."
Prosecutors left open the possibility of an appeal and the police said that they stood by their investigation but that the case remained open. The only person convicted of any role in the June 23, 1985, explosion has refused to cooperate and several other people suspected in the plot have never been charged. Members of the victims' families called for an inquiry into the handling of the case.
The two defendants - Ripudaman Singh Malik, a millionaire with significant influence among Canadian Sikhs, and Ajaib Singh Bagri, a millworker and Sikh priest - were longtime proponents of a separate Sikh state, but they denied involvement in the bombings.
As they left the courtroom, Mr. Bagri released a statement urging the fractured Sikh Canadian community to come together.
Air India Flight 182 was traveling from
Another bomb, in luggage being transferred between other planes, exploded less than an hour earlier, killing two baggage handlers at
Judge Josephson said in his verdict that he was convinced both bombs originated from flights that had left
Prosecutors said the bombings were part of a wave of terrorist actions in retaliation for the Indian Army's 1984 storming of the
The case was a saga that stretched from
The trial had a Rip Van Winkle feel to it. Over the past two years, 115 witnesses described scenes and events that tested their memories.
Dozens of family members viewing the proceedings wailed and lunged to hug one another as the verdict was announced. Supporters of the two defendants cried out "thank you" and "thank God" in Punjabi as they pumped fists in the air.
The case against Mr. Malik, 58, and Mr. Bagri, 55, was largely based on the testimony of a handful of witnesses who said the defendants had confessed their involvement to them.
The suspected mastermind in the bombings, Talwinder Singh Parmar, was killed in 1992 while in Indian police custody. Another suspect, Hardial Singh Johal, who was accused of making the telephone call to reserve seats on the two flights on which the bombs were placed, was arrested but died of natural causes in 2002.
The only person punished for the crimes so far is a Canadian Sikh who was found guilty in 1991 for making the bomb that exploded in
But the man, Inderjit Singh Reyat, was not considered central to the plotting and his refusal to cooperate in the case dashed prosecutors' hopes that he would incriminate the defendants during the trial.
Canadian investigators concluded immediately after the bombings that they were the work of Sikh separatists, who openly worked for their cause in
The intelligence service recorded hundreds of hours of Mr. Parmar's phone conversations in the mid-1980's. But their potential importance was apparently not understood, and 284 of 340 tapes were erased. Defense lawyers suggested those tapes might have exonerated the defendants.
The pivotal witness against Mr. Malik was a former employee of his whose identity is protected by a court order. She testified that they had had a close relationship and that he had shared secrets with her.
She said that he confessed in 1997 to having a deep involvement in the bombings, including helping to organize the conspiracy and contributing money for the purchase of the airline tickets to check the baggage that contained the bombs. Judge Josephson said he could not believe the witness, especially as she said she still loved Mr. Malik and believed in him.
"That surprise edges toward incredulity," he said. "I am unable to rely on her evidence."
One of two important witnesses against Mr. Bagri was a woman who told an intelligence service agent in 1987 that Mr. Bagri had asked to borrow her car the night before the bombings. According to the agent, the woman said Mr. Bagri had told her that the baggage was going on the flight, but that he was not, and that he would quickly return the car.
During the trial, the woman, whose name is also protected by the court, testified that she could not remember what she told the agent. Judge Josephson ruled that she had pretended to have had a loss of memory.
The defense argued that the woman's original statement was problematic because the agent had not taken notes during his interviews and had not retained the tape recordings of the conversations. The agent had also shredded transcripts of the recordings, and instead submitted memos he wrote about the interviews for his supervisors.
Judge Josephson concluded that without tapes and transcripts, the agent's account of her previous statements amounted to "hearsay statements for which there is no reliable confirmatory evidence."
Conclusion
Whether it was the so called "Sikhs" or the Indian Government they have the murder of innocents on their hands. The world these days is into mass destruction weapons, all governments are guilty of this. A Sikh is only allowed to raise the sword as a last resort. But a real Sikh only targets the enemy in a direct assault with a simple weapon like a knife or gun. Even with guns you can hit someone with a stray bullet. The world has gone crazy with evil instincts and intentions. A real Sikh will always condemn this indiscriminate evil plot, infact bombs have no place in Sikhi, and they are a coward’s weapon and cause terror. Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji taught Sikhs the ways of self defense, rightousness and justice. Revenge or killing of innocents is not a Sikh teaching. No sane person would ever do such a deed!
