Two men of Indian origin were arrested and charged in Canada after a shooting incident at a home in Surrey. The authorities noted that the shootout was linked to extortion threats.<\/p>\n
Two men of Indian origin were arrested and charged in Canada after a shooting incident at a home in Canada\u2019s The Surrey Police Service noted that the officers responded to the site after reports of gunfire and later confirmed damage to both a residence and a vehicle. The authorities assured that no one was injured.<\/p>\n STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD<\/p>\n 22-year-old Damanjeet Singh and 30-year-old Pardaman Singh were arrested during the operation. Both men have been charged with discharging a firearm into a place, knowing or being reckless as to whether someone was present.\u00a0They were also charged with possession of a restricted or prohibited firearm without a licence.<\/p>\n Both men remain in custody<\/p>\n In the statement, the authorities noted that both men remained in custody. It is pertinent to note that Damanjeet Singh was due in court on May 19. Meanwhile, Pardaman Singh is scheduled to appear on June 1.<\/p>\n Apart from this, Surrey Police Service confirmed that both the accused were foreign nationals and not Canadian citizens. Hence, Canada Border Services Agency has been engaged in the matter. Authorities have released photographs of the accused, saying that the disclosure is necessary to assist ongoing investigations.<\/p>\n The authorities are looking to identify wider criminal networks connected to violent extortion cases. It is important to note that the latest incident is coming amid growing concern in Canada over extortion-related violence targeting In light of this, the financial intelligence agency FINTRAC issued a bulletin warning of a sustained campaign involving \u201cfinancially vulnerable, young male Indian nationals in Canada on study permits who are being used as foot soldiers by gangs for targeted violence\u201d against diaspora communities.<\/p>\n First Published: Home<\/a>World<\/a>Canada April shootout: 2 Indian nationals charged in extortion-linked Surrey caseEnd of Article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two men of Indian origin were arrested and charged in Canada after a shooting incident at a home…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,20005,257156,257158,257161,257160,257157,257159,87674,257155],"class_list":["post-707559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-border-services-agency","tag-canada-surrey-shooting","tag-extortion-related-violence-canada","tag-fintrac-bulletin-india-students","tag-firearm-charges-surrey","tag-indian-origin-men-arrested","tag-south-asian-community-targeted","tag-surrey","tag-surrey-shooting-extortion-case"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSurrey<\/a>. The authorities noted that the shootout was linked to extortion threats. According to The Times of India, the shooting incident took place on April 22 at around 12:40 am (local time).<\/p>\n
\nSouth Asian communities<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nJune 01, 2026, 12:05 IST<\/p>\n