The FBI added Satinderjeet Singh, also known as Goldy Brar, to its Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list.
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An India-born man linked to numerous “violent acts” across the United States and Canada — including two unsolved murders in California’s Central Valley — is now one of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives.
Satinderjeet Singh, the alleged leader of India’s notorious Lawrence Bishnoi organized crime group in North America, is sought in connection to crimes including murder, extortion, and drug distribution, the FBI said.
Patrick Grandy, assistant director-in-charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles field office, called Singh a dangerous individual.
“The FBI and our partners have made it our priority to apprehend him, which is why we’re adding him to the FBI’s list of top 10 fugitives,” Grandy said in a Monday, Sept. 28, news release. “The amount of attention this list will bring to his face and description cannot be overstated …”
The FBI also increased its reward for information leading to Singh’s capture from $50,000 to $1 million.
Here’s what you should know:
Who is newest addition to FBI ‘most wanted’ fugitive list?
Singh, also known as Goldy Brar, is based in the United States and has lived in California and various parts of Canada, according to the FBI.
He also goes by the names Satinderjeet Singh Brar, Satinder Jeet and Satinder Jit Singh Brar.
Born in 1994, Sinth has ties to Sacramento and Fresno, as well as Canada, India and Mexico, the FBI said.
According to the FBI, Singh is sought to his connection to a “sweeping” criminal operation led by Lawrence Bishnoi, a “self-styled university student leader” in India who traded politics for a life of crime.
The Bishnoi group has allegedly engaged in a “variety of violent acts” across the United States and Canada including “assassinations of political and religious figures” as well as shootings, murders, kidnappings, extortions, assaults and the trafficking of narcotics and weapons,” the FBI said.
In September 2025, the Canadian government designated the Bishnoi gang as a terrorist entity.
Bishnoi, who’s imprisoned in India, has tapped several “trusted lieutenants” to manage his enterprise’s day-to-day operations, including Singh, the FBI said.
Thanks to our partners at @LAPDHQ, @RCMPGRCPolice and @USAO_LosAngeles for joining Los Angeles #FBI Assistant Director in Charge, Patrick Grandy, today to announce the addition of Satinderjeet Singh, aka Goldy Brar, to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Grandy announced a reward of up to $1 million in exchange for information leading to his arrest. Singh, aka Brar, is wanted for his alleged role in an organized crime group allegedly engaged in a variety of violent acts in Southern California and across the United States and Canada, including targeted assassinations—including of a prominent political and religious figure—shootings, murders, kidnappings, extortions, assaults, and the trafficking of narcotics and weapons.If anyone has information concerning Satinderjeet Singh, please contact the FBI’s toll-free tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324). You may also contact your local FBI office, the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate, or you can submit a tip online at https://t.co/4Fu3GEX2Gz. #TopTen#Wanted: https://t.co/3A8rOO35PE
— FBI Los Angeles (@FBILosAngeles) September 29, 2026What is Satinderjeet Singh accused of?
According to the FBI release, Singh faces charges including racketeering, extortion and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.
The Bishnoi criminal enterprise has “routinely targeted prominent religious, social and political leaders with violence, and used these high-profile acts to terrorize and extort members of the community,” the FBI said.
In July, the FBI charged Singh and Bishnoi with allegedly ordering the 2023 assassination of a Sikh religious leader, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in Surrey, Canada.
Singh is wanted in India for his alleged involvement in the high-profile slaying of a Punjabi singer and rapper, Sidhu Moose Wala, in 2022.
A federal arrest warrant was issued for Singh on July 1 in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.
On July 7, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced the results of Operation Hardball, a years-long federal investigation into Indian crime syndicates allegedly engaged in racketeering, targeted killings, shootings, extortion and the trafficking of bulk quantities of narcotics.
It included indictments against 37 people linked to three India-based transnational organized crime groups.
Of those federal defendants, 24 had been arrested or were already in custody as of early July, the FBI said, while authorities in the United States and abroad have captured four more.
Authorities are still looking for five fugtives, including Singh.
“Goldy Brar and his network have wreaked devastating havoc on countless lives — through high-profile murders, shootings, death threats, extortion, arson and drug trafficking,” Lisa Moreland, the deputy commissioner of federal policing for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, said in the FBI release.
What is Indian gang’s connection to Central Valley?
According to authorities, the Bishnoi gang has “used violence to cultivate a climate of fear” in Indian diaspora communities across the globe — including the Sikh community in California’s Central Valley.
In May 2024, the FBI’s Sacramento field office started urging members of the Indian community to report extortion attempts associated with Singh’s network, CalMatters reported.
At least two homicides in the Central Valley have been connected to the Bishnoi gang.
An alleged Bishnoi gang associate, Sunil Yadav, was killed in a shooting in Stockton in December 2024, CalMatters reported.
In Fresno, a man was fatally shot at a truck repair yard on October 2025, The Fresno Bee previously reported. He was later identified as Banwari Gadora, a 23-year-old San Jose resident.
According to CalMatters, Gadora was an associate of the Bishnoi gang.
How can I submit a tip to the FBI?
Satinderjeet Singh is considered “extremely violent, armed and dangerous,” the FBI said.
If you have information concerning Singh, call the FBI’s toll-free tip line at 800-225-5324.
You can also contact your local FBI office, or the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate,
Submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov.
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Gagandeep Singh is a service journalism reporter for The Fresno Bee. He holds a master’s degree in politics and global affairs from Columbia University. Prior to working at The Bee, he worked as a freelancer for CalMatters, BBC News and the Los Angeles Times. He focuses on migration, education, criminal justice and the South Asian diaspora in California.