Tag: Mithu
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Honour killing of Indo-Canadian girl Jassi Sidhu in Punjab: 3 contract killers to serve life term
News East West NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has upheld the life term given to two contract killers of Indo-Canadian girl Jassi (Jaswinder) Sidhu who was murdered near Sangrur in Punjab in June 2000 for marrying a lower-caste man against her family’s wishes. Jassi was 24 at the time of her murder, which turned out…
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Jassi Sidhu was pressured to marry an older man
News East West VANCOUVER: In the on-going extradition trial here of Malkit Kaur Sidhu and Surjit Singh Badesha, mother and uncle of Jassi Sidhu who was murdered in India in June 2000 allegedly at their behest for marrying a low-caste rickshaw driver in India, a former teacher of Jassi told the court on Wednesday that…