Canada Identifies Key Suspect After 40 Years

Police have withheld the person's name as he is no longer alive

- Anirudh Bhattacharyya

TORONTO: Nearly 40 years after the bombing of Air India flight 182, the Kanishka, by pro-Khalistani extremists, Canadian law enforcement has finally identified a mysterious suspect who was linked to the terror attack.

However, in another milestone in the travesty of an investigation, police have refused to name that person, who will never face charges as he is now dead. The outlet Vancouver Sun reported on Friday that the suspect, known as Mr. X, has been identified by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or RCMP investigators.

However, RCMP's Assistant Commissioner David Teboul told the outlet that privacy laws prevented them from identifying the person who was with mastermind Talwinder Singh Parmar and bomb-maker Inderjit Singh Reyat when they tested an explosive in the woods in Duncan, British Columbia, prior to the attack.

While the RCMP has maintained that the investigation into the Khalistani terror attack remains ongoing, Teboul conceded "there's very little realistic chance of seeing this matter go to another trial."