Kanishka Bombing: Inderjit Singh Reyat appeals his perjury conviction

After spending 15 years in jail, Reyat was sentenced for another nine years for lying nineteen times under oath to save two other suspects Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri during their trial in 2003.

Reyat, the admitted bomb maker, was supposed to testify at the trial of Malik, the millionaire founder of the Surrey Khalsa School and the Surrey-based Khalsa Credit Union, and co-accused Bagri, a sawmill worker from Kamloops, the Province reported.

Reyat who is seeking to have the verdict quashed and a new trial ordered, in a appeal filed last week, claimed that the trial judge made three erros in law, the paper said.Kanishka flight 182 from Montreal to Delhi was blown off near Ireland on June 23, 1985, killing all 329 people on board.

Within an hour, another bomb meant for another Air India flight went off at Tokyo's Narita airport, killing two baggage handlers. Both the bombs were planted by Khalistani extremists to avenge the India army action at the Golden Temple in 1984.