Jassi Sidhu murder : Escape from Justice (2012) - The Fifth Estate

UPDATE Jan. 23, 2019: Malkit Sidhu and Surjit Badesha — Jassi Sidhu's mother and uncle — have been extradited from Canada to India to face a trial for her killing, nearly two decades after her death.

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The story of Jassi Sidhu, the beautiful, young Canadian woman who defied her family when she fell in love with and secretly married an impoverished auto-rickshaw driver in India.

Not long after, she was murdered in a roadside attack, her new husband left for dead by her killers. In the years since, four men were convicted of Jassi's murder and sent to prison in India.

Evidence gathered by Indian authorities at the time, and presented on the fifth estate, pointed to Jassi's family allegedly arranging her murder from their home here in Canada.

the fifth estate's Bob McKeown presents stunning information about those accused in the killing.

Original broadcast date : January 6th, 2012
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