Four Young Indo-Canadians Arrested For Knifing Which Led To The Killing!
According to media reports in Punjabi newspapers and on facebook by Punjabi newsman Gurpreet “Lucky” Sahota, the young man who has been killed is named Deepak Chahal, who worked as a electrician. He was rushed to hospital but died from his injuries.
By R. Paul Dhillon
SURREY – A young Indo-Canadian man, who moved to Surrey from Williams Lake not too long ago, is dead and four young Indo-Canadians have been arrested in connection to the killing.
According to media reports in Punjabi newspapers and on facebook by Punjabi newsman Gurpreet “Lucky” Sahota, the young man who has been killed is named Deepak Chahal, who worked as a electrician. He was rushed to hospital but died from his injuries.
Chahal, 23, died as a result of being knifed in a fight involving a number of young Indo-Canadians in the troubled Newton area of Surrey Wednesday night.
Police found the critically injured man (Chahal) around 65B Avenue and 131 Street shortly before 2 a.m. while responding to 911 calls about a group of men arguing.
He was rushed to hospital but died from his injuries. Police have not said how he died.
Lisa Boerescu told CTV news she’s noticed a rise in violence and drug activity in the area, and is moving because of it.
“I am raising two girls,” she said. “We’re actually putting our house on the market and we’ve started looking around. So this actually gives me a little bit of a push.”
Chahal, who was a graduate of Tamanawis Secondary school in Surrey, was stabbed near the St. Bernadette Catholic School in Newton, where classes had to be cancelled Thursday due to the incident.
One of the young Indo-Canadians arrested in connection to the killing is the son of a prominent Indo-Canadian builder, who is known as a hard-working and honest man in the local construction trade.
“We all have kids and as a parent it is very scary,” said a person who knows the builder’s family well. “Young blood is one thing but when it reaches this extreme it’s scary.”
Another neighbour told CTV fighting in the area is a regular occurrence and he heard a “lot of screaming, a lot of fighting” before police arrived.
“I didn’t get up to come out because I’m scared to come out in this neighbourhood,” Ashok Sundar said. “This isn’t the first time this has happened, with fighting out here… and police don’t do nothing about it.”
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has now taken over the probe.
Police say the incident does not appear to be connected to a shooting on Wednesday in the Clayton Heights neighbourhood that left one man with a hand injury.
Anyone with information about the homicide is asked to call the IHIT tip line at 1-877-551-4448 or to remain anonymous, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or solvecrime.ca
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