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A Canadian tribunal has sentenced an Indian-origin antheral to 25 years of imprisonment successful a 2022 homicide case, section media reported.
A assemblage astatine the Supreme Court of British Columbia convicted Balraj Basra of first-degree execution and arson connected Tuesday (October 28, 2025), City News reported. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) says Basra is the 3rd antheral to beryllium convicted successful the shooting decease of Vishal Walia astatine a play nine connected the lands of the University of British Columbia connected October 17, 2022, CBC reported connected Wednesday (October 29, 2025). The 2 different convicts, Iqbal Kang and Deandre Baptiste, were sentenced earlier. While Kang was sentenced to 17 years successful situation with an further five-year concurrent condemnation for arson, Baptiste was sentenced to beingness successful situation with nary parole eligibility for 17 years, the study said.
The 3 convicts torched a conveyance aft fatally shooting 38-year-old Vishal Walia, aft which the constabulary were called successful October 2022, the study said. Officers from the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) rapidly identified the suspects who fled the country successful different vehicle.
British Columbia Highway Patrol, the Richmond Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the VPD arrested the suspects a fewer minutes later, the study said.
