“Canada Calling: Extortion accused freed after two days, sends jitters among local Indian community”, Indian Express, February 14, 2024:

“Canada’s notoriously lenient bail system is frequently likened to a revolving door. Legal “reforms” a few years ago have meant a person accused of committing a crime can walk out fairly soon after their arrest. I have put the word “reforms” in quotation marks deliberately because, while that was the stated purpose, it can be argued that these changes haven’t been for the better. In fact, they appeared to have incentivized criminals to commit crimes again.

For the Indian community in Brampton—and across Canada, really—this catch-and-release system came painfully close to the bone last week when an accused, Arundeep Thind, walked out soon after his arrest by Canadian police.

Not only that, thumbing his nose at the Canadian justice system and sending a warning to his alleged victims, Thind later shared a photo of himself sitting triumphantly in a Peel Regional Police cruiser soon after walking out, posting a chilling message: ‘Putt bach ke’…..”

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