{"id":368004,"date":"2026-07-18T02:12:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T20:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=368004"},"modified":"2026-07-18T02:12:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T20:42:28","slug":"accused-bishnoi-gang-associate-agrees-to-deportation-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/18\/accused-bishnoi-gang-associate-agrees-to-deportation-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Accused Bishnoi gang associate agrees to deportation order"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Canada\u2019s refugee board has ordered the deportation of an alleged Lawrence Bishnoi gang associate who tried to ban the press from reporting on his case.<\/p>\n

At a hearing Friday, Sahibjot Singh admitted to discharging prohibited weapons for a criminal organization and conceded to being deported.<\/p>\n

Although he denied he was a criminal offense group member, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) accused him of being affiliated with the Bishnoi gang.<\/p>\n

Singh, who appeared on the hearing on camera from his lawyer\u2019s office in Edmonton, is the most recent of dozens of Indian nationals to face deportation for his or her involvement in extortion gangs.<\/p>\n

Before the hearing got underway, Singh tried to ban reporters from observing his case, arguing he feared \u201cpotential retaliation\u201d as a result of his alleged involvement with the Bishnoi group.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFurther, publication of Mr. Singh\u2019s identity would expose him to significant stigma and discrimination in Canada and will place him at additional risk if he were returned to India,\u201d his lawyer wrote.<\/p>\n

Singh\u00a0also said he faced outstanding criminal charges in Canada, and that publicity surrounding his deportation would bias his upcoming trial.<\/p>\n

Global\u00a0News successfully fought the publication ban.<\/p>\n

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The World Sikh Organization of Canada also opposed a ban on the case, writing that \u201cproceedings involving alleged members of the Bishnoi gang carry significant public interest.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cCanadians must have a right to grasp who these individuals are, how they became involved in Canada, the character and extent of their activities, whether or not they acted independently or on the direction of others, and what role they could have played in acts of violence, intimidation, and transnational repression,\u201d the organization wrote.<\/p>\n

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The Immigration and Refugee Board ruled on June 26 that Canadians were entitled to transparency on how law enforcement agencies are responding to extortion-related crimes, and that a public hearing wouldn’t prejudice Singh\u2019s criminal proceedings.<\/p>\n

In its decision approving his deportation, the board said Edmonton police had linked India-based extortion gang activity in Alberta to multiple countries.<\/p>\n

Investigators had intercepted phone calls from France, Portugal and the Netherlands, in addition to inside Canada, Board member Trent Cook said in his ruling.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt shows there\u2019s a world component,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The gang has a hierarchy, with \u201cindividuals at the highest providing instructions and directives to subordinates at the underside,\u201d Cook said in his decision.<\/p>\n

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