Immigration board orders member of Sikh terror group deported from Canada
VANCOUVER – A British man who was a member of a Sikh terrorist group has been ordered deported from Canada.
The Immigration and Refugee Board has ruled Gurmej Singh Gill was a member of Babbar Khalsa, which the board says used the name Babbar Khalsa International.
It also ruled that the organization, which was established in India in 1978, has engaged in terrorism.
Board member Geoff Rempel says Gill was likely aware of the group’s terrorist activities, whether or not he supported them.
Gill had argued there were several unconnected Babbar Khalsa groups that used the same name but claimed that the one he belonged to was unaffiliated with the Babbar Khalsa that is considered a terrorist organization.
Babbar Khalsa has been linked to the 1985 Air India bombing that killed 331 people on two flights that originated in Vancouver, and the Canadian government added it to a list of banned terror groups in 2003.
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