{"id":179247,"date":"2025-09-30T04:10:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T04:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/179247\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T04:10:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T04:10:12","slug":"b-c-government-welcomes-canada-listing-india-based-bishnoi-gang-as-terrorist-entity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/179247\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C. government welcomes Canada listing India-based Bishnoi gang as terrorist entity"},"content":{"rendered":"

The B.C. government says it welcomes the federal government listing the\u00a0India<\/a>-based\u00a0Bishnoi gang<\/a>\u00a0as a terrorist entity<\/a> in the country.<\/p>\n

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Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree announced the designation in a news release Monday<\/a>, saying it will help Canadian security, intelligence and police agencies.<\/p>\n

He said it gives the government the power to seize property, vehicles and money.<\/p>\n

RCMP and police agencies in B.C. have linked the Bishnoi gang to extortion threats in South Asian communities in the province, particularly in Surrey.<\/p>\n

Surrey police confirmed on Monday that they are investigating 48 threats and 29 extortion-related shootings so far this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cExtortion targeting South Asian community members in Surrey and throughout the Lower Mainland is absolutely unacceptable and the province has taken all steps to help protect communities from these awful threats of violence and intimidation, in some cases, actual acts of violence,\u201d Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General of British Columbia Nina Krieger told Global News.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think this provides important tools to police to go after criminal assets. Extortion is all about money. This designation will allow bank accounts to be frozen and property vehicles and money associated with the criminal enterprise within Canada to be seized.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Extortion-related arrests have taken place in Alberta and Ontario, but so far, no arrests have been made in B.C.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPolice are working diligently on complex investigations that I\u2019m not able to comment on at this time, but they\u2019re doing everything to build cases that will meet the high threshold that we have here in B.C.,\u201d Krieger said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not only about arrests, it\u2019s about convictions and we want to ensure that the most robust cases, police want to make sure that most robust cases go forward to lead to convictions and hold these criminals to justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

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There are critics, however, who say B.C. needs to do more to bring people to justice.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think any one of us will be taking any victory laps until these thugs and criminals are caught,\u201d Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd that\u2019s just plain and simple because I tell you my city is being terrorized right now by these criminals that are shooting at businesses, at homes. This is terrible.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan the province do more? Yes, they can. Absolutely. I would love them to and I\u2019ve asked them to assign a special prosecutor to this issue in Surrey.\u201d<\/p>\n

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