Cricket Canada president’s Surrey home targeted in back-to-back extortion shootings
The Surrey home of Cricket Canada president Arvinder Khosa was struck by gunfire on two separate occasions — May 20 and June 4, 2026 — in what police believe is an extortion-related campaign targeting the national cricket federation’s top official. Both shootings occurred in the South Newton neighbourhood, and no occupants were injured in either incident. Surrey Police Service’s specialized extortion response team has taken over the investigation.
First shooting strikes Cricket Canada president’s home
The home of Arvinder Khosa, the newly elected president of Cricket Canada, was the target of a shooting in Surrey, B.C., in the early morning hours of Wednesday, May 20, 2026, CBC’s fifth estate reported. Officers from the Surrey Police Service responded to the scene to investigate the attack on the residence. The report noted that this was not the first time a high-level member of Cricket Canada had faced this kind of targeting — suggesting an established pattern of intimidation against federation leadership. Cricket Canada is the national governing body for the sport in Canada, an organization with strong ties to the South Asian diaspora community that has helped make cricket one of the country’s fastest-growing team sports. Surrey, in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley, is home to one of the largest South Asian communities in the country and has long served as a hub for grassroots cricket development at the club and provincial level. The fact that the cricket federation’s national president would find his private residence targeted by firearms in this community was a source of deep alarm for community members and sports administrators alike. Police were appealing to anyone with information about the incident to come forward. The Khosa family was not injured in the attack. [6]
Second shooting confirms extortion campaign; dedicated response team takes over
Surrey Police Service officers were called to a home near 57 Avenue and 148 Street in the South Newton neighbourhood at approximately 4 a.m. on Thursday, June 4, 2026, after reports of a shooting. The residence, owned by Cricket Canada president Arvinder Khosa, had already been targeted by gunfire on May 20 — making this the second attack in under three weeks. The home was occupied at the time of the June 4 shooting, but no one inside was injured. In a news release, the Surrey Police Service stated that the incident was “believed to be extortion related due to previous threats and a shots fired incident outside the residence on May 20, 2026.” The case was formally transferred to the SPS extortion response team, a specialized unit that handles situations where individuals or organizations face intimidation and violence for financial gain. Investigators asked residents in the surrounding area to check their CCTV cameras and dashcam footage for any evidence, and asked anyone who might know the identity of suspects to contact police. The repeated targeting of the home of Canada’s cricket federation president heightened concern about organized criminal threats directed at community leaders in Surrey’s South Asian neighbourhoods, where cricket holds deep cultural significance for tens of thousands of families. [2]