TWENTY-FOUR years ago today — April 19 — Baljit Kaur Kondolay, 37, was shot to death in her Langley driveway and her daughter, Rupy Sidhu, is appealing to the public to sign a petition demanding no parole for her mother’s killer, Sukhjit Singh Grewall, that will be presented with her victim impact statement:
https://www.change.org/NoParoleforSukhjitGrewall
The petition has been signed by more than 1,890 people and her aim is to get 2,500 signatures.
Grewall’s hearing is coming up in June and Sidhu will be closing the petition at the end of May to submit to the parole board for consideration.
She and her family were informed earlier this year by letter from the Correctional Services of Canada that Sukhjit Gerwall had submitted an ‘Application for Work Release.’ They were also informed by another letter that he was scheduled for his ‘Day Parole Hearing’ in July.
Kondolay’s husband, Ajit Singh Grewall, and her stepson (Ajit’s son), Sukhjit Grewall, then 21, were convicted of first-degree murder in late October 2000 and were both sentenced in January 2001 to life in prison with no parole eligibility for 25 years.
Crown prosecutor Sean Madigan told the court that Baljit was shot at point-blank range “in the forehead, leaving a huge hole, then shot her in the ear.”
Ajit Grewall was still legally married to his previous wife when he wed Baljit, who came from a wealthy farming valley. There was evidence that he was in a tight financial situation and he stood to gain financially from Baljit’s death.
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