India, July 17 -- Two former international students from India have been sentenced to three years in prison and possible deportation after serving out that term, for their alleged involvement in a horrific traffic fatality that claimed the life of an indigenous man last year.

On January 27, 2024, officers from the Surrey detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) arrested the two, Gaganpreet Singh and Jagdeep Singh.

Earlier this year, they both pleaded guilty to the charges of dangerous operation of a conveyance, failure to stop after accident with a person and interference with a dead body.

Behind those charges was a horrific background. The two 22-year-olds were in a car when it struck and dragged the victim, a pedestrian...