Toronto, Oct. 23: The Canadian government has reportedly offered $20,000 to $25,000 to the families of each Air India Kanishka victim — 25 years after all 329 people on board Flight 182 from Montreal to New Delhi perished when it was blown off mid-air near the Irish coast on June 23, 1985.
A public inquiry by the former Canadian chief justice, Mr John Major, in June blamed various Canadian agencies for failing to stop the bombing plot by Khalistani militants and asked the government to compensate the families.
Member of some victim families met the Canadian immigration minister, Mr Jason Kenney, and the public safety minister, Mr Vic Toews, here on Friday for discussions on the package.
The ministers are said to have made no offers at the meeting, but reports say that the Canadian government has told the families that compensation offered in similar cases ranged from $20,000 to $25,000 for each victim.
Though the families have already been paid about $75,000 each in an out-of-court settlement, a few years ago, the inquiry report by Mr John Major asked the government to compensate them further.