A gurdwara president , also the owner of a construction firm, was shot dead on Monday in Canada .
Indian gangsters are suspected to be behind the killing of Buta Singh Gill, who was shot near a construction site in Edmonton 's Millwoods area.
"At around 12 pm, police located three injured males.
In Jan, police were investigating 27 incidents, including five extortions, 15 arsons and seven firearms offences, believed to be linked to a criminal network orchestrated from India and carried out by local accomplices.
These incidents involved extortion calls over messaging apps such as WhatsApp seeking payments from C$100,000 to several millions.
A gurdwara president , also the owner of a construction firm, was shot dead on Monday in Canada . Indian gangsters are suspected to be behind the killing of Buta Singh Gill, who was shot near a construction site in Edmonton 's Millwoods area. He was the owner of the firm Gill Built Homes Ltd.According to Canada-based sources, Indian gangsters have tied up with pro-Khalistan elements in the country and are extorting funds from rich Indian-origin Canadians.Monday's killing comes nearly 10 months after the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, president of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Canada's Surrey who was designated by India as a terrorist.According to local reports on Buta Singh's death, an alleged accused, Nik Dhaliwal, also died in the shooting spree, while another person, identified as Sarbajit Singh, a civil engineer, was in hospital with life-threatening injuries. "At around 12 pm, police located three injured males. Emergency medical services responded and determined two males - a 49-year-old and a 57-year-old - were deceased, and a 51-year-old male was seriously injured," Edmonton police said.Edmonton police has previously said that a criminal network in India was behind extortions targeting people of Indian-origin, mostly builders considered "affluent". In Jan, police were investigating 27 incidents, including five extortions, 15 arsons and seven firearms offences, believed to be linked to a criminal network orchestrated from India and carried out by local accomplices. These incidents involved extortion calls over messaging apps such as WhatsApp seeking payments from C$100,000 to several millions.
