Two men have been charged with first-degree murder in the targeted killing of Ripudaman Singh Malik, who was acquitted in the 1985 Air India bombings and shot dead on July 14.
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) said in a news release Wednesday that charges have been filed against 21-year-old Tanner Fox and 23-year-old Jose Lopez.
IHIT will hold a press conference at 3:00 PM PT.
Malik, 75, was shot multiple times in the early morning hours of July 14 outside his family business, Papillon Eastern Imports, on 128th Street in Surrey, BC.
Malik and co-accused Ajaib Singh Bagri were acquitted in 2005 of mass murder and conspiracy charges related to a pair of bombings on Air India flights that killed 331 people, mostly in the Toronto and Vancouver areas .
In recent years, Malik served as president of the Khalsa School and managed two of the private school’s campuses in Surrey and Vancouver. He was also chairman of Surrey-based Khalsa Credit Union, which has more than 16,000 members.