3 charged in India after complaint details family's last moments before fatal St. Lawrence River journeyThe case against Singh was based on evidence gathered through surveillance, Facebook messages and human sources related to four failed smuggling attempts across the St. Lawrence River between March 2020 and April 2022, according to court records.
The plea agreement included the admission that Singh, using locals, loaded Indian nationals on boats which launched from Cornwall Island in Akwesasne, across the water to the southern shore of the St. Lawrence River, where they were picked up in vehicles and taken to nearby New York state motels.A cog in a bigger network
Defence lawyer Lee Kindlon says his client, Simranjit Singh, was just a cog in a much larger network.Singh's sentencing hearing is scheduled for Dec. 28, 2023. He faces a potential prison sentence ranging from five to 15 years and deportation to India. Canadian authorities could not return them to India because the Indian Consulate refused to provide travel documents.