Air India Flight 112 plot

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In May 1986, five Canadian Sikh terrorists were charged with plotting to blow up Air India Flight 112 in New York City. Ostensibly members of Babbar Khalsa, two were convicted and given life sentences, while three others were released. However, years later, the courts overturned the sentences and freed the remaining two men noting that the government had failed to disclose "crucial evidence" about the alleged plot, and defence lawyers argued that the men had been entrapped by police agents who invited them to a meeting, then suggested the crime, and arrested them for showing signs of agreement.

With the arrests coming shortly after the bombing of Air India Flight 182 that killed 329 passengers, which included over 200 Canadians, the Solicitor General Perrin Beatty urged Canadians not to spread fear of terrorism.