Kanishka crash victim's family recalls tragedy ahead of PM Modi's visit to memorial

The memorial for Kanishka air crash victims was built in 2007, twelve years after the crash

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s visit to the memorial dedicated to victims of the June 1985 terror-hit Air India plane crash in Toronto, renowned classical dancer Lata Pada, who lost her daughter and husband, still maintains that the investigation of it was done unfairly.

Pada said that the acquittal of two Babbar Khalsa members and the fact that the attack was never seen as a Canadian tragedy still rankles her.

The memorial for Kanishka air crash victims was built in 2007, twelve years after it occurred, and today, Pada sees it as the first instance of aviation terrorism.

On 23 June 1985, 329 people were killed in the attack when Air India flight operating on the Montreal, Canada–London, UK –Delhi, India route was blown up by militants.

While recounting the horror of losing her loved ones, Pada says that dance and music have gone a long way to help her to recover from the tragedy

Inderjit Singh Reyat, a Canadian national, remains the only person legally convicted of involvement in the bombing.

Pada today runs the Sampradaya Dance Academy in Toronto , and her group will be performing at a community programme at the Ricoh Colosseum.