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Murdered, wherever the killing takes place, is viewed as the same as committing the murder. which is why inspector singh expected that jassis uncle and her mother would soon be arrested by the royal canadian mounted police. >> they didnt even -- they didnt care. >> in fact, after jassi was killed, some of her friends told us they went to the police to tell them about threats made by jassis uncle and mother. they insist the royal canadian mounted police asked only a few, general questions. >> im ...

And i was certain right then that i wouldnt be able to live without her. >> for mithu, just 18 at the time, the dream of marriage to 19-year-old jassi, and a life together in north america, would have been like winning the lottery. in their hearts, it may have been a match made in heaven. but in the minds of jassis family, it was a union that would defy everything they believed in. >> translator: i had no idea that her family would be so opposed to our being together. i had absolutely no idea th...

They would do anything. >> so at that point, were you thinking about your marriage? having children? growing old together? >> translator: yeah. we were living together. and we were thinking about the future at that point in time. i was very relaxed. >> jassi and mithu were together now for about three months. and there were occasional phone calls to canada, rekindling the hope that a reconciliation with her family might still be possible. mithu recalls the last time they spoke to jassis mother. ...

How do you answer that? despite repeated requests for an interview, neither jassis mother nor her uncle would comment about the circumstances of her death. from the perspective of inspector singh, there was ample proof against them. in particular, the numerous confessions obtained by indian police. >> translator: to my mind, this is at least a whole lot of evidence that no police or no authority anywhere in the world can really deny or dismiss as false or questionable. >> but thats exactly what ...

Century ago. in october 2005, this antiquated justice system prosecuted those accused of killing jassi sidhu. the verdict? seven of the defendants were convicted of murder, all of them sentenced to life in prison. but three years later, three of the men were acquitted by the punjab high court while the other four convictions were upheld. jassis mother and uncle, while they were also charged by indian authorities as conspirators in her death, have not been extradited. they have never appeared in ...

In 2002, we first told you the story of the young 25-year-old canadian, jassi sidhu. she was murdered in india, after marrying a man of whom her family didnt approve. 13 were charged with murder for killing the young bride, including her own mother and uncle. the people accused of killing jassi also attacked mithu. when we went back to india in 2005, we found out that he had been in jail for a year. mithu, im bob mckeown. we met a couple years ago. we found mithu as he was escorted from a prison...

Charged with conspiracy to kill her in india. we have records showing 147 phone calls between the phones of the accused killers in india, and your phone in canada. can you give us any plausible explanation? >> i dont know anything. >> well, you know something. you made those phone calls and received them. >> i am sorry. >> we tried calling surgit badesha again in 2007. but no response. and detective singh expressed confidence that the extradition of jassis mom and uncle will eventually happen. a...

Yet. people all over the world have taken an interest in mithu and jassi, urging authorities to press charges against jassis uncle and mother. about 20,000 have signed a petition online at justiceforjassi.com. a website created by the south asian post publisher. >> its unacceptable, after seven years, that a girl has been murdered, a canadian citizen has been killed in india and yet we have her mother and uncle yet to be charged. >> now, free again, mithu decided to move to a new city in india t...

My marriage with jassi. and these boys were tortured. >> back in canada, despite being closely watched, jassi was finally able to make contact with mithu. thats when jassi learned of what she thought was her uncles attempt to force mithu and his family to end their marriage. >> they took his mother into a prison they beat his mother. >> mithu was freaking out on the other end. he said, my family, my friends are being threatened. im being threatened. you got to get over here. >> but to escape, ja...

Now back to our program. this stunning 25-year-old indian woman named jassi grew up in canada in a strict sikh family. she secretly married her soul mate, mithu, in the spring of 2000, in india. but jassis family denounced the marriage. jassis uncle tried to tear them apart. he tried to end the marriage through deception, mithu said. he went from telling them to divorce, to threatening mithus friends and family, to having mithu arrested, accusing him of forcing jassi into marrying him through ...