39 years on, Canada's probe into Air India Kanishka bombing still 'active, ongoing'

Canadian law enforcement has issued a statement assuring that the investigation into the bombing of Air India flight 182, the Kanishka, by terrorists linked to Khalistan, remains active and ongoing. The statement comes as the tragedy marks its 39th memorial anniversary.
In a statement released on Friday, Assistant Commissioner David Teboul, commander of the federal policing program in the Pacific region, stated, "The impacts of the greatest terror-related loss of life involving and affecting Canadians in our country’s history have not diminished with time.The trauma caused by the bombing on June 23, 1985, has impacted generations. The Air India investigation is the longest and certainly one of the most complex domestic terrorism investigations that the RCMP has undertaken in our history. Our investigative efforts remain active and ongoing."
He also encouraged the people of Canada to visit the four memorials for the victims, located in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and Ottawa. “Over the years, attending the memorials has been an opportunity to pay our respects to the victims and their families, and to show our appreciation for all those who did so much to respond to and investigate the tragedy,” he said.
On June 23, 1985, an Air India flight traveling from Canada to India via London exploded off the Irish coast, resulting in the deaths of all 329 passengers and crew on board.
The explosion was caused by a bomb hidden in a suitcase that had been transferred onto the flight despite the ticket holder not boarding. Among the victims were 268 Canadian citizens, predominantly of Indian descent, and 24 Indian nationals. Only 131 bodies were recovered from the sea.
Despite ongoing efforts by the task force, only bombmaker Inderjit Singh Reyat has been convicted in connection with the Air India tragedy. Released from a halfway house in February 2017, he returned to his family home under the Parole Board of Canada's supervision.
Reyat stands as the sole person convicted in connection with one of the world's most egregious aviation terror attacks. Initially jailed in the UK for ten years starting in 1991 for his role in the Japan bombing, he later pleaded guilty in a Canadian court in 2003 to manslaughter related to the bombing of Flight 182. This plea resulted in an additional five-year prison sentence for him
Investigators have identified at least three individuals of interest, including an individual referred to as Mr X, who spent a week assisting Reyat in constructing the bomb used in the attack.
In a 2005 ruling, Justice IB Josephson of the Supreme Court of British Columbia recognized the violently separatist Khalistan movement as the motive behind the attack. Talwinder Singh Parmar was identified as the leader in the conspiracy by both the prosecution and defense.
Despite these facts being reaffirmed in separate probes led by retired Justice John Major and Bob Rae, who is now Canada’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, the secessionist group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) has offered CA$5 million from pro-Khalistan elements to fund another inquiry commission. This proposed commission aims to investigate the discredited conspiracy theory alleging an Indian involvement in the Air India episode.