Friday, March 29, 2024
ADVT 
National

BC Judge orders extradition of Mother and Uncle in 'honour killing'

Darpan News Desk Darpan, 09 May, 2014 11:15 AM
    In a judgement released by a BC Supreme Court judge Friday, the mother and uncle accused of ordering the honour killing of Jaswinder Sidhu (Jassi) have been ordered extradited to India.
     
    In June 2000, Jassi was stabbed to death in Punjab, India. Her mother Malkit Kaur Sidhu, and uncle, Surjit Singh Badesha are accused of murder and conspiracy. 
     
    The Crown alleged that the mother and uncle devised the murder as Jassi,25, married a poor rickshaw driver instead of a wealthy older man they had desired. 
     
    Supreme Court Justice Gregory Fitch stated Jassi Sidhu's family wanted her to accept the arranged marriage and also added that Badesha was the family patriarch and enforced traditional gender roles in the family. 
     
    "Badesha and Sidhu resorted to violence and threats." 
     
    The Crown alleges that the mother and uncle were on a "systematic campaign of terror," ordering Jassi to end her marriage and restore the family's honour. 
     
    Jassi fled to India in 2000 with an intention of brining her husband home to Canada. 
     
    Jassi's mother and uncle have been ordered to remain in custody until their extradition. 
     
    The couple was attacked in June 2000. Though her husband survived the attack, Jassi's dead body was found several days later. 
     
    Four men have already been convicted of murder in India. 
     
    Photo Credit: National Post

    MORE National ARTICLES

    What? Edmonton worst city in Canada for Women

    What? Edmonton worst city in Canada for Women
    Quebec City has been ranked as the best city in Canada to be a woman, and Edmonton has been ranked as the worst, as per a new study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

    What? Edmonton worst city in Canada for Women

    Canada's middle class richest in world

    Canada's middle class richest in world
    The American Middle Class, long considered to be the wealthiest in the world, is no longer the World’s Richest.

    Canada's middle class richest in world

    Russia expels Canadian diplomat

    Russia expels Canadian diplomat
    Russia has ordered a first-secretary at the Canadian embassy in Moscow to leave the country, in retaliation for the expulsion of a Russian assistant military attaché earlier from Ottawa.

    Russia expels Canadian diplomat

    Calgary mass stabbing accused to go psychiatric assessment

    Calgary mass stabbing accused to go psychiatric assessment
    Matthew de Grood, accused is Calgary mass stabbing has been ordered by a judge to undergo a 30-day psychiatric assessment to determine whether he is mentally fit to stand a trial.

    Calgary mass stabbing accused to go psychiatric assessment

    Surrey Celebrates Vaisakhi

    Surrey Celebrates Vaisakhi
    Vaisakhi, the harvest festival, was celebrated in Surrey April 19, with much delight and elation. Individuals came out in droves to attend the Nagar Kirtan procession and celebrate the festival which commemorates the birth of the Khalsa and also marks the New Year for Sikhs. 

    Surrey Celebrates Vaisakhi

    Funerals arranged for Calgary mass stabbing victims

    Funerals arranged for Calgary mass stabbing victims
    Funeral and memorial services have been arranged for the five Calgary students that were murdered at a house party Tuesday.

    Funerals arranged for Calgary mass stabbing victims