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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 didn't 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, i'm bob mckeown. we met a couple years ago. we found mithu as he was escorted from a prison bus. he and many others insist he's been jailed on totally false charges of rape. the accusation ...

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 don't 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 jassi's mom and uncle will eventually happen. and they will be tried in india. and there was some movement in the summer of 2007. the royal canad...

Yet. people all over the world have taken an interest in mithu and jassi, urging authorities to press charges against jassi's uncle and mother. about 20,000 have signed a petition online at justiceforjassi.com. a website created by the south asian post publisher. >> it's 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 to start rebuilding his life. though jassi's death has been tragic for mithu in so many ways, her f...

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. that's when jassi learned of what she thought was her uncle's 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. i'm being threatened. you got to get over here. >> but to escape, jassi would need help from her friends. one of them called the local police, who then came to the f...

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 jassi's family denounced the marriage. jassi's 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 mithu's friends and family, to having mithu arrested, accusing him of forcing jassi into marrying him through rape. the charges were dropped after jassi said their marriage was consensual. after they'd been ...