Samrat Dhuna. (File photo)

CALGARY - Family and friends of Raminder Dhadda have mixed feelings about her killer, Samrat Dhuna, being deported to his native India.

Canadian Border Services Agency spokeswoman Lisa White confirmed Dhuna, who was convicted of running down 24-year-old Dhadda and grievously injuring two of her friends in a New Year's Day 2006 hit and run, was sent back to India on Monday and is permanently barred from returning to Canada.

Dhuna had been serving a 10-year sentence in Abbotsford and was recently granted day parole, which allowed immigration officials to begin deportation proceedings.

"Criminal matters always trump immigration matters but when a person is given statutory release, we can proceed with removal," she said. "He was ordered deported in 2008 for serious criminality."

Dhuna, who served three years of his sentence before being deported, was convicted for slamming his car into a group of revellers gathered outside a Kensington bar that killed Dhadda and left friends Karen Gill and Parminder Marahar with severe injuries. While family is happy that they won't see Raminder's killer on the streets in the future, it won't fill the void left by her death, said mother Kuldeep Dhadda.

"I'm not very happy because I don't gain anything from it -- Raminder's still not here," she said. "I was hoping he would stay in jail for 10 years and have enough to time to realize what he's done before he got sent back."

Family friend Harinder Sajjan shared similar feelings towards Dhuna's removal, noting she's happy he'll no longer trouble the family, but wishes he could have served more time behind bars. "It really doesn't fix anything," she said.

"I would have had more satisfaction if he was still serving jail time, but at least we don't have to see him here."

Dhuna's brother, Kanwar, is also facing a deportation order but is serving a 27-month stretch for cocaine possession and trafficking marijuana. White said like his brother, Samrat, Border Services is unable to take action until he is paroled or released from prison.