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February 9, 2000: Back in Canada, Jassi tries to arrange
immigration for Mittoo. Jassi sends a letter to Ottawa telling Immigration
officials that her uncle might try to give them false information
about Mittoo which he later does.
February 10, 2000: Jassi's uncle, Surjit, has affidavit drawn
up that says that Mittoo and his friends forced Jassi, at gunpoint, to marry
Mittoo. The uncle uses Jassi's signature that he obtained from her under the
pretence of buying her a car to validate the complaint. Jassi is confined to
her Uncle's home in Maple Ridge, B.C.
Jassi's uncle Surjit told officials that Jassi was forced to marry
Mittoo at gunpoint and had him investigated for kidnapping.
February 23, 2000: Eleven days after receiving the affidavit
from Jassi's uncle, Indian police begin to investigate Mittoo and his friends,
Bindri and Surinder Kumar for kidnapping Jassi. The two friends, Bindri and Surinder,
are arrested and held illegally for four days. Surjit Singh Badesha arrives from
Canada and beats the men while they are in custody. Mittoo is forced into hiding
and calls Jassi, begging for help. Her uncle promises Mittoo he will help him
come to Canada if he divorces Jassi. Mittoo refuses.
March 8, 2000: Jassi sends a fax to Indian police refuting the
story of her kidnapping.
March 13, 2000: Jassi faxes a letter to Indian police telling
them she fears for her and for Mittoo's safety. Mitto is found by Indian police
and arrested.
April 3, 2000: Jassi goes to the RCMP in Maple Ridge, B.C. after
being threatened and hit by her uncle.
April 4, 2000: Jassi has a new passport issued in Surrey, B.C.
April 6, 2000: Jassi calls the RCMP and is escorted out of her
family home. Family members outside yell insults at her.
April 13, 2000: Jassi leaves for India.
April 19, 2000: The Judge grants bail to Mittoo and he is released
from jail.
In an interview with Bob McKeown Darshan Singh insisted that he had
nothing to do with Jassi's death.
April 26, 2000: Jassi's uncle begins calling Darshan Singh,
a wealthy local businessman in the Punjab. Darshan Singh's daughter later marries
Surjit Singh Badesha's son.
June 7, 2000: Jassi's mother learns that the pair are in hiding
at the home of Mittoo's grandparents. She calls them there and speaks to Mittoo
and Jassi. Jassi believes the call is a peace offering and tells her mother where
they will be during the next few days.
June 8, 2000: The day after the phone call, they are attacked
by a gang. Mittoo is badly beaten and left for dead. He is found and taken to
a hospital Ludiahna and tells police that Jassi was kidnapped.
June 8, 2000: Jassi is taken to a farmhouse outside Ludihana
where she told that her husband is dead. One of the kidnappers, Ashwani Kumar
talks to Jassi's mother and uncle by cell phone in B.C. According to Indian police,
Jassi's mother orders Ashwani Kumar to kill Jassi.
June 9, 2000: Jassi's body is found, her throat slit, in an
irrigation ditch.
According to Indian police Jassi's mother gave the killers instructions
to kill her.
June 10, 2000: The Indian newspaper Ajit publishes a photo of
Jassi. Mittoo's relatives identify her and claim the body.
June 18, 2000: The first newspaper coverage of the story appears
in British Columbia. Indian Police seize weapons, cars, mobile phones from the
men suspected of kidnapping and killing Jassi.
July 9, 2000: Indian police announce Jassi's murder is a contract
killing and arrest 11 men.
July 11, 2000: Indian police issue arrest warrants for Jassi's
mother and uncle.
January, 2001: Mittoo fears for his life. Gunmen shoot at his
house attempts are made to run him down in the street.
October, 2001: the fifth estate investigates Jassi's murder
and broadcasts its documentary,
The Murdered Bride. At that time, the RCMP in
British Columbia, told
the fifth estate that they had no jurisdiction over crimes
committed in India.
January 2002: RCMP confirm to
the fifth
estate that they do
have the jurisdiction to investigate. Spokesperson Danielle Efford says: "To
conspire in Canada to commit a murder elsewhere is against the law and a crime
here in Canada."
2003: RCMP spokesperson Grant Learned refused to confirm or
deny that there is any investigation.
RCMP spokesperson John Ward tells
the fifth estate that there is an
ongoing investigation.
So far, Jassi's uncle and mother remain free in Canada.
June 2005: RCMP spokesperson John Ward tells the
fifth estate that there is an ongoing investigation, but declined to
provide any specific details.
2004: Mittoo is arrested and charged with the rape of a servant
of Darshan Singh, a serious charge for which bail is rarely granted. Mittoo's
lawyer, Ashwani Chaudhray, says the charges against Mittoo are false. Mittoo,
however, remains incarcerated, awaiting his trial.
October 21, 2005: Seven men are convicted in plotting and killing
Jassi, including Darshan Singh and former police officer Joginder Singh and Ashwani
Kumar who slit Jassi's throat. They are given life sentences for Jassi's murder
and the attempted murder of Mittoo. Indian authorities say that Jassi's uncle
and mother got away with murder.
