Police in India; have arrested a Lower Mainland entertainer well-known in the Sikh community, leaving his wife and two young kids worried about his fate
Maninder Gill, 32, was being escorted by Canadian high commission officials in New Delhi airport when he was nabbed. He missed his Vancouver Night
There have been rumblings in the Sikh community that Gill associates with those seeking to carve an Independent state named Khalistain out of Punjab in India, but his family denies he supports that
His wife, Jaspeet, said Jan.22, that Gill inadvertently allowed the wife or suspected Punjabi assassin to rent their basement suite in Surrey two years ago She said Gill evicted the woman when he found out she was married to a man wanted by Indian police.
Gill then visited India’s vice consul in Vancouver to clear up the misunderstanding, said his brother. Ravinder Gill.
Gill had been in the Punjab since Oct. 14, trying to gather a troupe of Punjabi entertainers for shows in Vancouver, his wife said. Police visited his home in the Punjab and de mended that he hand over to Canadian passport, she added.
Gill refused and dashed to New Delhi. He was arrested Saturday
Ravinder Gill said to believes Indian police have taken his brother back to the Punjab, possibly because they’ve been fed false information from “jealous” Vancouver entertain competing with him stage shows. New Delhi police and Canadian authorities could not be reached the family and Canadian officials are investigating.
Article extracted from this publication >> January 27, 1995
