The Immigration and Refugee Board has ordered the deportation of a gunman hired by India\u2019s Lawrence Bishnoi gang to conduct a shooting on Vancouver Island.<\/p>\n
Abjeet Kingra, an Indian citizen who entered Canada on a student visa, was found inadmissible to Canada on Monday for being a member of a criminal organization.<\/p>\n
On the behest of the Bishnoi gang, the previous Winnipeg resident fired 14 bullets at a Colwood, B.C. home, while his colleague torched the homeowners\u2019 vehicles.<\/p>\n
Each are accused of an identical attack in Surrey, B.C.<\/p>\n
Kingra is the most recent to face deportation amid a nationwide crackdown on extortion gangs which might be preying on Canada\u2019s South Asian communities.<\/p>\n
The Canada Border Services Agency has opened greater than 400 investigations and expelled 55 suspects in response to the extortion crisis, in accordance with a spokesperson.<\/p>\n
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Officials consider the Bishnoi gang, headed by imprisoned Indian mobster Lawrence Bishnoi, is liable for the\u00a0majority of\u00a0the extortion-related violence.<\/p>\n
Like many Bishnoi members, Kingra was granted a visa to check in Canada. He was working at a Winnipeg moving company when he was recruited.<\/p>\n
In its decision, the Refugee Board said a B.C. judge had found that Kingra was a member of the Bishnoi Gang and that the group was a criminal organization.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe group is thought to have interaction in murder, shootings, arsons, extortions and intimidation,\u201d IRB Member Azeem Lalji said. \u201cLaw enforcement agencies have seen a rise in extortion-related incidents that they’ve attributed to Bishnoi-affiliated groups in B.C., Alberta and Ontario.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLaw enforcement agencies in Canada have learned that the Indian diaspora community has been targeted with anonymous calls, text messages, social media messages and in-person contact with demands for money, e-transfers, cryptocurrency payments or high-value goods,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe victims are threatened with violence or damage to their properties in the event that they don’t comply.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said Bishoi\u2019s top lieutenant in North America until recently was Goldy Brar. A subcontractor often called Goldy Dhillon worked for Brar and recruited foot soldiers into the gang, Lalji said.<\/p>\n
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After Lalji delivered the choice, Kingra asked how he could appeal the ruling to the Federal Court.<\/p>\n
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At his deportation hearing on Thursday, Kingra said a co-worker offered him $4,000 to accompany him to B.C. to attack the house of Punjabi singer A.P. Dhillon on Sept. 2, 2024.<\/p>\n
Inside hours of the shooting, the Bishnoi gang posted a video on social media that Kingra had recorded, showing him firing a gun at the home.<\/p>\n
Kingra testified he didn’t know he was working for the Bishnoi gang and only did it for straightforward money to send back to his parents in India.<\/p>\n
However the CBSA said the crime group uses a system of insulation, in order that each member only knows the person above them in hierarchy.<\/p>\n
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