Two acquitted in AI bombing case file lawsuit for damages

TORONTO: Two suspects, who were acquitted in the deadly Air India bombing case, have filed a lawsuit against the attorneys of British Columbia and Canada for damages.

Rupudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, who were put on trial in the case of 1985 bombing that killed 329 people and were acquitted two years ago, filed the suit in the British Columbia Supreme Court.

Malik submitted that the charges caused him to lose his reputation and his savings. He is claiming unspecified damages for malicious prosecution and wrongful imprisonment, among several other torts.

Malik and Bagri were both arrested in October 2000 in connection with the June 1985 bomb blast that downed Air India flight 182 off the coast of Ireland.

The two were acquitted by Justice Ian Bruce Josephson in March 2005.