Hindustan Times (Amritsar)

CASE SO FAR

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Dec 1994 Jassi meets Mithu in an auto while on visit to native Punjab from Canada

Mar 1999 Both secretly get married at Baba Bakala gurdwara in Amritsar

May 1999 Jassi returns to Canada; parents get to know of marriage

Feb 2000 Mithu booked for kidnapping and forcible marriage of Jassi on forged complaint signed in the name of Jassi

May 2000 Jassi lands in India; gives statement in favour of Mithu before police

Jun 2000 Contract Killers attack couple when returning from Malerkotla; Mithu survives, Jassi killed

July 2000 Most of the killers arrested; police name Jassi’s mother and maternal uncle — both in Canada — as main conspirato­rs

May 2002 Police contact Canadian govt for extraditio­n of mother Malkiat Kaur and uncle Surjit Badesha; Canada rejects request

Oct 2005 Sangrur court punishes seven accused — Joginder Singh, Gurwinder Singh Cheema, Darshan Singh, Hardev Singh, Gursharan Singh, Anil Kumar and Ashwani Kumar — with life imprisonme­nt

Jan 2012: After plea by social groups in Canada, police there arrest Malkiat Kaur and Surjit Badesha

May 2014: Supreme Court of British Columbia province in Canada orders both be extradited to India to face charges; but court of appeals blocks extraditio­n later

September 8, 2017: Supreme Court of Canada delivers final verdict to extradite the two accused to India

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Anil Kumar
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FILE PHOTOS Darshan Singh
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Joginder Singh

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