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Not a day passes that Nadira and Nandkissoon do not think about their son, Constable Vickram Singh who was gunned down under “questionable circumstances” while manning the entrance to the joint services scheme on July 2, 2010.

More than a year after the incident, his parents are still haunted by the fact that the identity of a suspected key player in the killing is known but no efforts are being made to question him because of who he is. To this day, they still believe that their son was the victim of a carefully planned attack and was not killed by bandits as was being suggested.

A suspect had been identified but he could not be charged since there was insufficient evidence against him. Since then…..


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