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Family members cleared of helping man cover up shooting death of girlfriend

Two family members of a man who shot and killed his girlfriend in Surrey, B.C.,have been cleared of helping him cover up the crime.

Relatives of Harjot Deo, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in 2017 death, acquitted of accessory after fact

A young South Asian woman in a car.
Bhavkiran (Kiran) Dhesi, 19, was found dead inside a burned-out SUV in Surrey, B.C., on Aug. 2, 2017. Her boyfriend Harjot Singh Deo pleaded guilty to manslaughter with a firearm. (IHIT)

Two family members of a man who shot and killed his girlfriend in Surrey, B.C.,have been cleared of helping him cover up the crime.

Gurvinder Singh Deo and Talwinder Singh Khun Khun were foundnot guilty Monday of being accessories after the fact in the manslaughter of KiranDhesi, whose body was found on Aug. 2, 2017.

Both men are related to Dhesi's killer, HarjotSingh Deo.

The body of Dhesi,who was 19 and a student at KwantlenPolytechnic University, was foundinside a burned-out vehicle in Surrey, B.C.

Homicide detectivesarrested Harjot at the Vancouver International Airport in 2019 and he was chargedwith second-degree murder.

A South Asian man in a court sketch.
Harjot Singh Deo pictured in a court sketch from his appearance in provincial court in Surrey, B.C., on May 27, 2019. (Felicity Don)

He pleaded guilty in February to manslaughterwith a firearm andindignity to human remains in Dhesi's death.

Police believed he had help from his family to cover up the killing, which led to criminal charges against several members of his family.

His mother,Manjit Kaur Deo, was handed a conditional discharge and 12 months of probation after pleading guilty to obstruction in May2021.

His sister,Inderdeep Kaur Deo, was charged withaccessory after the fact, but thecharge was stayed.

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Jeanne Watchuk acquitted Gurvinder Deo and Khun Khunduring a hearing in Vancouver on Monday.

HarjotDeohas yet to be sentenced.