By Rochelle Baker - Abbotsford News

Laibar Singh, the paralyzed refugee claimant who sought shelter in an Abbotsford Sikh temple, returned to India early this morning (Tuesday).

Singh left the Sahib Kalgidhar Darbar Gurdwara Monday night to present himself to Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) by 8 p.m. at the Vancouver International Airport, said temple president Swarn Singh Gill.

His flight to New Delhi was scheduled to leave at 1 a.m., said Gill. Some supporters from the temple were to accompany Singh to the airport, but no protesters planned to block his departure, said Gill.

“There will be no demonstration because he’s the one who wants to go back now,” he said.

More than 1,000 supporters at the airport prevented his deportation in December 2007 after his first five-month stay at the temple on Blueridge Drive.

Singh returned to the Abbotsford gurdwara in March after a stay in Surrey’s Guru Nanak Sikh temple.

Singh was feeling somewhat despondent, said Gill.