Men Plead Guilty in Malik Murder Case

Tanner Fox and Jose Lopez, both with gang affiliations, pled guilty to the second-degree murder of Ripudaman Singh Malik, who was acquitted in the 1985 Air India Kanishka bombing case. Malik was shot dead in Surrey, British Columbia on July 14, 2022, outside his family business. The guilty plea was entered in the British Columbia Supreme Court just before the trial for first-degree murder, which was dropped. The court revealed the murder was financially motivated, with Fox and Lopez being hired for the assassination, though details about the hiring party remain undisclosed. A courtroom altercation between the two men was subdued by the sheriffs. Malik's family, while grateful for the justice served, calls for further investigation to identify those who ordered the hit.