IHIT picked up the body of another dead Indo-Canadian this week who has been identified as 26-year-old Jaskaran Singh Sandhu, whose body was discovered by the side of a rural road in South Surrey Monday.
SURREY – The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has been busy picking up dead bodies of dead Indo-Canadian men linked to the BC drug trade without making a single breakthrough on the investigation or arrest, choosing to lay the blame for the deaths on a war that began when notorious gangster Jonathan Bacon was executed and a number of Hells Angels were injured in a shooting in Kelowna.
IHIT picked up the body of another dead Indo-Canadian this week who has been identified as 26-year-old Jaskaran Singh Sandhu, whose body was discovered by the side of a rural road in South Surrey Monday.
Sandhu, a Lower Mainland resident, was known to police and appears to have been the victim of a targeted attack.
Sandhu’s body was found at around 9:20 a.m. in a grassy area in the 12300-block of Colebrook Road, not far from the Delta Golf Course.
Sandhu’s murder followed the killing of two other Indo-Canadian men well known in the gang underworld.
Manjot Dhillon was gunned down the evening of Jan. 13 and Manjinder Hairan was killed in what police believe was a gang hit in the early morning of Jan. 15. Another well known gangster Jujhar Singh Khun-Khun was also shot and is believed to be recovering from his injuries in hospital.
There were two non-Indo-Canadians – Edward McGiveron and Geordie Carlow, who were also killed in a separate shooting within a 48-hour period mid January in Surrey.
The spate of killings prompted Mayor Dianne Watts to speak out Monday night about the inherent dangers of the criminal lifestyle.
“If you’re involved in gang and criminal activity, you put yourself at risk. When we look at the rest of Surrey and the residents, they’re law-abiding citizens, but when you engage in that type of activity these are the serious consequences,” Watts said.
Sandhu was the target of an attempted murder in Coquitlam just over a year ago. Police have yet to confirm any gang connections to the crime, but are not ruling out the possibility.
“Mr. Sandhu was known to police and the victim of a targeted attack,” said Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) Cpl. Adam MacIntosh. “Investigators continue to search for the motive behind his killing, including the possibility of it being gang-related.”
Sandhu was the target of a brazen daylight shooting in Coquitlam 15 months ago. Court records and news reports show Jaskaran Sandhu has a lengthy list of charges across the Lower Mainland.
In September, 2011, Sandhu was standing near of his black Nissan Altima in one of the oil change bays at a Mr. Lube location when a man approached and began firing. The suspect fired approximately five shots before jumping into a nearby vehicle and speeding off.
There was speculation at the time on whether that shooting was related to a high-profile gang shooting outside the Delta Grand hotel in Kelowna in August, 2011, reported the Surrey Leader.
According to IHIT, the Hairan and Dhillon shootings were gang-related, with the victims believed to be associates of the Dhak-Dhure gang, which is allegedly involved in an ongoing conflict with the Red Scorpions, Hells Angels and Independent Soldiers.
Some of the same people shot recently in Surrey had been targets before, in what was believed to be retaliation for the Kelowna shooting of Red Scorpion Jonathan Bacon and Larry Amero of the White Rock Hells Angels.
Bacon was killed and Amero injured.
IHIT has said it’s too early to characterize the latest Surrey shootings as a gang war.
Surrey RCMP Chief-Supt. Bill Fordy sent out a press release earlier this month saying those most at risk during these violent exchanges are the people involved in gangs and drugs.
“This is not television – the harsh reality is being played out here and now and is a testament to the fact that the life expectancy of anyone involved in criminal gangs is very short,” Fordy said in the release.
If you wish to remain anonymous, log onto Crime Stoppers at solvecrime.ca or call 1-800-222-8477.
Anyone with information on Sandhu’s killing can contact the IHIT tip line at 1-877-551-IHIT, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 if they wish to remain anonymous.
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