British Columbia police arrested Raminder Singh Bhandher and charged him with first-degree murder for slaying an Indo-Canadian man. Bhandher, who testified for Air India bombing suspect Ripudaman Singh Malik in May 2004, will appear in Surrey provincial court tomorrow. His father Balwant is also an Air India suspect. Bhandher is alleged to have entered a woman's condo on January 28 and gunned down 24-year-old Tejvir Singh Bains, her young lover. The woman was the ex-girlfriend of one of Bhandher's closest associates, police said.

Bhandher had testified for Air India bombing suspect Malik in May 2004 to refute the testimony of the Crown's star witness who claimed she overheard Bhandher and Malik discussing Air India case.

Malik has been acquitted in the case. Bhandher was also named in a civil case filed by ICBC in December 2006 for a massive fraud scheme involving stolen luxury cars, police said. He is a close friend of Jethinder Singh Narwal, whose father Avtar was also an Air India suspect until he committed suicide in 1998.