Overview
- Ripudaman Singh Malik, acquitted in the 1985 Air India bombing trial, was killed in a targeted shooting in Surrey, British Columbia, in July 2022.
- Jose Lopez, one of two men convicted in the murder, was sentenced to life in prison without parole eligibility for 20 years, the same sentence given to co-conspirator Tanner Fox in January.
- The court heard that the killing was a calculated, financially motivated execution, but neither Lopez nor Fox has disclosed who hired them for the hit.
- Malik's family, including his daughter-in-law Sundeep Kaur Dhaliwal, has called for the gunmen to reveal who ordered the assassination, citing ongoing fear and uncertainty.
- The murder has raised broader concerns about violence and foreign interference within Canada's Sikh diaspora, with no resolution as to the motivations or entities behind the crime.