VANCOUVER, November 16, 2004
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The Crown says just because telephone wiretaps don't reveal one of the accused in the Air India bombing planning the attacks, it doesn't mean he wasn't involved.

Prosecutor Richard Cairns says Ajaib Singh Bagri knew better than to speak openly of the conspiracy during calls with the suspected mastermind of the plot.

The second man, Talwinder Singh Parmar, was later killed in a shootout with Indian police.

In his closing arguments in B-C Supreme Court in Vancouver, Cairns says Bagri and Parmar were aware their calls might be intercepted.

He says while there is no incriminating evidence, the phone records show Bagri was very close with Parmar.

Cairns also told court it's obvious from the wire taps that Parmar and Bagri had a secret way of communicating.

Bagri and Ripudaman Singh Malik are charged with murder and conspiracy in the deaths of 331 people in two bombings directed at Air India planes in 1985.