2 Men Charged In Extortion-related Offences In Surrey From August 2024 - Beritaja
By: Albert Michael - Tuesday, 07 October 2025 06:08:46
Two men person been charged for their alleged engagement successful extortion-related offences successful Surrey making love backmost to 2024.
In a property merchandise connected Monday, the Lower Mainland District Joint Force Operation (JFO) said charges were laid connected Oct. 6 aft an investigation was initiated successful January 2025.
On Aug. 10 2024, constabulary were called to a location near 88 Avenue and 192 Street successful the Port Kells neighbourhood soon aft 3 a.m.
Officers recovered signs of a shooting on pinch grounds of an attempted arson.
Someone associated pinch the location past received a request for money connected Aug. 11, constabulary said, starring officers to judge the incident was linked to ongoing extortion attempts crossed the Lower Mainland.
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The JFO announced connected Monday that the BC Prosecution Service has laid charges against 26-year-old Abjeet Kingra and 24-year-old Vikram Sharma. Both men person been charged pinch discharge of a firearm pinch intent and arson.
Kingra is already successful custody and serving clip for different crime, constabulary said.
A personification by the aforesaid sanction was precocious sentenced for arson and discharging a firearm astatine high-profile Punjabi vocalist AP Dhillon’s location connected Vancouver Island.
Police would not corroborate connected Monday if Kingra was the aforesaid fishy successful some cases.
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The 2nd accused, Sharma, has an progressive apprehension warrant for discharge of a firearm pinch intent and arson successful narration to a West Shore RCMP investigation. An further warrant has been issued for his apprehension successful narration to the caller charges, constabulary said.
They person released a photograph of him.
Sharma is described arsenic 5 feet, 9 inches gangly (174 cm) and 181 lbs (82 kg), pinch achromatic hairsbreadth and brownish eyes.
“We admit that charges successful 1 investigation does not erase the community’s fearfulness and interest regarding ongoing extortions,” Chief Supt. Duncan Pound, Lower Mainland Assistant District Commander, said successful a statement.
“These charges show our committedness to the community, and pinch a dedicated task unit and further resources, we are successful a stronger position to prosecute aggregate fishy groups, and beforehand investigations toward further charges.”
Anyone pinch accusation about Sharma’s whereabouts is asked to interaction constabulary aliases interaction Crime Stoppers astatine 1-800-222-8477 if you wish to stay anonymous.
This comes the aforesaid time Surrey constabulary announced that 3 men person been charged successful relationship pinch a shooting that is believed to beryllium related to an extortion investigation.
Surrey constabulary confirmed connected Monday greeting that Mandeep Gidda, 23, Nirmaandeep Cheema, 20, and Arundeep Singh, 26, were charged successful relationship pinch a shooting that happened connected March 27 astatine 1:55 a.m. astatine a location successful the 13300 artifact of 89A Avenue, Surrey.
The shooting damaged the home, but nary 1 was injured.
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