Family of Sikh activist calls for inquest into Midlands hospital death
by Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington and Dan Sabb from World news | The Guardian on (#6F7R8)
Questions raised about sudden death in Birmingham after Canada links India to murder in British Columbia
The family of Avtar Singh Khanda, the 35-year-old Sikh activist who died in a Birmingham hospital after a short illness this summer, is seeking a formal inquest into his death from the chief coroner for England and Wales.
The request by the family, in conjunction with the Sikh Federation UK, comes on the heels of a claim by Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, that India was linked to the murder of another Sikh activist, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in British Columbia.
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