Prime accused in Sidhu Moosewala killing and notorious gangster Goldy Brar is now officially among Canada’s top 25 most wanted criminals. The Canadian police recently released its 25 most wanted criminals list under its ‘Be On The Lookout’ (Bolo) programme.
Satinderjit Singh Brar also known as Goldy Brar is the number 14 in the list, wanted by RCMP for murder, criminal conspiracy and supply of illegal firearms, attempt to murder. The website mentions his date of birth as 11/03/1994 (29 years old) and Brar’s place of birth as Shri Mukhtar Sahib in Punjab.
The Bolo Program website, which has displayed Brar’s photo, says the Bolo Program’s core goal is to use technologies and channels to support police services in their communication efforts about Canada’s most wanted, so people can be on the lookout for these fugitives.
The Punjab-origin affiliate of Lawrence Bishnoi’s gang is wanted by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police after India obtained an Interpol Red Notice for Brar in June 2022, the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi said in a statement.
According to Telegraph, “Interpol notices are international requests for cooperation or alerts allowing police in member countries to share critical crime-related information. In the case of Red Notices, the persons concerned are wanted by national jurisdictions for prosecution or to serve a sentence based on an arrest warrant or court decision.
In Canada, an Interpol Red Notice does not provide police the authority to arrest a person. An individual may only be arrested if reasonable probable grounds exist that the individual has committed a crime in Canada, or if a Canadian arrest warrant has been issued.
India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) has recently chargesheeted Brar and his associate Lawrence Bishnoi (in Bathinda Jail), and Anmol Bishnoi (last seen in California, USA), claiming that they had links with terrorist organisations.
Brar, who reached Canada on a student visa in 2017, allegedly claimed responsibility for the murder of Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, popularly known as Sidhu Moosewala, who was shot dead in Punjab’s Mansa district on May 29, 2022.
According to BOLO program website, at any given time, tens of thousands of arrest warrants are outstanding in Canada. These requests from police services don’t reach enough people.
“The Bolo Program does three very important things,” Bolo Program Director Max Langlois said. “It undoubtedly makes our communities safer. It plays an extremely important role in allowing victims and survivors to take the next step forward in their most unfortunate journeys. And finally, it allows all of us to stand up against those who are accused of unthinkable acts of violence and are defying our rule-of-law by actively evading arrest.”
More than $750,000 in rewards were announced Monday as the Bolo Program marked five years of campaigns to catch Canada’s most wanted fugitives.
With life-sized cutouts of 25 fugitives on display at Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square, Bolo’s new #1 suspect was revealed to be Cristian Adolfo Cuxum, wanted for the brazen murder of 49-year-old referee Edwin Farley Alvarado Quintero during a Toronto soccer game last October. Two other people were injured in the gunfire. A reward of up to $250,000 was announced for any information leading to Cuxum’s arrest.
Several other suspects on the updated Top 25 list, which brings together information about most wanted suspects from across the country, are connected to rewards ranging from $50,000 to $100,000.
