One of the men charged in the assassination of Surrey Sikh temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar is now on the FBI’s list of 10 most-wanted fugitives.
Satinderjeet Singh is wanted for a variety of federal violations, including murder, extortion and drug distribution, FBI Los Angeles field office assistant director in charge Patrick Grandy announced Monday (Sept. 28). Singh is also known as Goldy Brar and other aliases.
He is wanted for his alleged involvement in the Lawrence Bishnoi gang that the FBI says is allegedly engaged in a variety of violent acts in Southern California and across the United States and Canada. Public Safety Canada lists the Bishnoi gang as a current terrorist organization.
The FBI says those acts include targeted assassinations – including Nijjar in June 2023 – shootings, murders, kidnappings, extortions, assaults, and the trafficking of narcotics and weapons. Both Singh and Bishnoi are charged in ordering the assassination of Nijjar when two gunmen are alleged to have shot and killed him outside the Surrey temple.
Deputy commissioner of federal policing for the RCMP Lisa Moreland said that Brar and his network “have wreaked devastating havoc on countless lives—through high-profile murders, shootings, death threats, extortion, arson, and drug trafficking.”
The FBI is offering up to $1 million USD as a reward for information that could lead to the arrest of Singh, who is based out of the U.S. The FBI says Singh is allegedly the leader of the group in North America.
Singh, according to the FBI, is considered to be “extremely violent, armed and dangerous.” He’s known to live in California and various parts of Canada.
If anyone has information about Singh/Brar, contact the FBI’s toll-free tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324). People may also contact their local FBI office, the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate or submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov/home.
He was charged in federal court in Los Angeles with: racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations conspiracy; conspiracy to interfere and attempted interference with commerce by extortion; and conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.
Grandy said Singh is a dangerous individual and that’s why the FBI has made it a priority to arrest him.
The amount of attention this list will bring to his face and description cannot be overstated; his photo will be found on every FBI-affiliated website and social media platform, and will be publicized on every phone around the world until he’s caught.”
Back in July, the U.S. attorney’s office announced Operation Hardball and unsealed three indictments that charged 37 people connected to three India-based transnational organized crime groups.
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Among those charges was the assassination of Nijjar at the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara on June 18, 2023. The indictment only identifies the victim as H.S.N, but states the victim was killed outside the same temple on the same day.
Nijjar was found in his truck at the temple in the 7000-block of Scott Road in Surrey after being shot.
He was a supporter of the Khalistani movement, which seeks to secure an independent Sikh nation in India, and his supporters maintain India’s government was involved in his killing.
In May 2024, Amandeep Singh, Karan Brar, Kamalpreet Singh, and Karanpreet Singh were charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. This case is still making its way through the B.C. Supreme Court.
The FBI added that Operation Hardball was the result of a years-long federal investigation into Indian crime syndicates “that engage in racketeering, targeted killings, shootings, extortion, the trafficking of bulk quantities of narcotics across international borders, and other crimes around the world whose impact is especially felt in the Indian diaspora.”
At the time of that announcement, 24 of those charged were arrested or already in custody. Since then, one person has been determined to be deceased, four have been captured and police are still seeking five others: Major Singh, Sukhraj Singh Kang, No Name Given Kamal, and Gurpreet Singh.
What is the Bishnoi gang?
The Bishnoi gang, also known as Lawrence Bishnoi Gang, Bishnoi Group, Lawrence Bishnoi Group and Bishnoi Crime Group, was listed as a terrorist organization by the Canadian federal government on Sept. 29, 2025.
Public Safety Canada describes the Bishnoi gang as a transnational criminal organization that operates primarily out of India. It adds the Bishnoi gang “creates a climate of insecurity for Canadians in diaspora communities as it targets them, their prominent community members, their businesses, as well as cultural figures within the community.”
The FBI says Lawrence Bishnoi, a 33-year-old from Punjab, India is a gangster imprisoned in India, “who was a self-styled university student leader before tiring of politics and allegedly turning himself and his followers to crime.”
“Bishnoi projected a public image of himself as a deeply religious ‘patriot’ and used this public image to recruit members and associates to his crime syndicate in India, the U.S. and elsewhere,” the FBI release says.
However, the FBI added that in private Bishnoi presided over “a sweeping criminal enterprise that spanned multiple continents.” Bishnoi used contraband cellphones and other voice-over devices smuggled into his jail cell to “personally (direct) crimes committed by members and associates of his enterprise worldwide.”
The FBI claims that to help manage the gang’s day-to-day operations, Bishnoi allegedly delegated control to “trusted lieutenants.” One of those people was Singh/Brar.
The indictment alleged that Singh “spoke for Bishnoi and helped direct the actions of members and associates of the Bishnoi enterprise worldwide.”
The FBI added that from March 2024 to July 2025, the Bishnoi group is alleged to have stolen approximately 520 kilograms of cocaine in the greater Los Angeles area from rival drug-trafficking gangs.
– With files from Anna Burns
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