A man was shot dead in British Columbia on Thursday who local media reports said was Ripudaman Singh Malik, a Canadian Sikh businessman acquitted in the 1985 Air India bombings.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s (RCMP) told Reuters that they had found a man suffering from gunshot wounds when officers responded to a reported shooting just before 9.30 am. They didn’t name the man, but said he died on the scene in Surrey. An RCMP spokesperson said they could not name the victim and that the investigation was ongoing.