Wednesday, November 23 2005 13:29 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Vancouver: Former Ontario premier Bob Rae, appointed to review the Air India bombing trial, will recommend the Canadian Government launch a further investigation to find answers to 'outstanding questions' about the 1985 tragedy.

In a report to be released today in Ottawa, Rae will tell Public Security Minister Anne McLellan there are lingering questions of public interest to be answered about the 20-year-old crime, an adviser to Rae told Canadian Press news agency.

"There are definitely recommendations that he's going to make (today) and definitely outstanding questions he's going to outline that he thinks need to be answered," said Taleeb Noormohamed, a senior adviser to Rae.

"Then it's up to the Government to decide how they choose to respond," said Noormohamed, director of the Air India Review Secretariat set up to facilitate Rae's work.

"The minister will take the time, I'm sure, to read the report and to consult with her colleagues and to make a decision as to how she wants to proceed," he said.

The report, approximately 50 pages in length, will lay out various options, including Rae's recommended approach to dealing with the loose ends of the tragedy.

The British Columbia Court had in March found the main accused Ripudaman Singh Malik, a Vancouver-based millionaire businessman and a millworker Ajaib Singh Bagri not guilty of with murder and conspiracy charges, triggering a wave of protests from relatives of the 329 victims, who termed the judgement as a 'second tragedy" and demanded a public inquiry.