FBI Places Goldy Brar on Most-Wanted List for Surrey Nijjar Murder as Cricket Canada President's Home Is Shot at Twice
The FBI has added Satinderjeet Singh — known as Goldy Brar — to its Top 10 most-wanted fugitive list and is offering a one-million-dollar reward for his arrest, raising international pressure three years after the assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar outside a Surrey gurdwara. The same week brought fresh reminders of organized-crime violence directed at the South Asian community: Cricket Canada president Arvinder Khosa's Newton-neighbourhood home in Surrey was struck by gunfire on two separate occasions in under two weeks, with police confirming both attacks were extortion-related.
FBI Adds Alleged Nijjar Assassination Planner to Its Top-10 Most-Wanted List
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation announced it is placing Satinderjeet Singh — widely known as Goldy Brar — on its Top 10 most-wanted fugitive list and is offering a reward of one million U.S. dollars for information leading to his arrest. The designation escalates an already intense international manhunt over Brar's alleged role in ordering the June 2023 assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a prominent Sikh separatist leader and activist, who was shot dead by masked gunmen in the car park of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, B.C. Brar had been charged in July with ordering the killing, and U.S. prosecutors named him in a broader indictment covering racketeering, extortion, and murder by a trio of India-linked crime syndicates. FBI Assistant Director Patrick Grandy of the Los Angeles Field Office stated that Brar joins the list because he is considered extremely violent and an enemy to the public, calling his apprehension a bureau priority. RCMP Deputy Commissioner Lisa Moreland added that Brar and his network have wreaked devastating havoc to lives and families for years — through murders, shootings, death threats, extortions, arsons, and drug trafficking — and that his addition to the list means the world just became a whole lot smaller. Brar is alleged to be the right-hand man of Lawrence Bishnoi, who directs his criminal organization from jail using smuggled phones. The Nijjar killing had prompted then-prime minister Justin Trudeau to allege that agents of the Indian government were linked to the assassination, triggering a diplomatic rupture between Canada and India — a claim New Delhi has repeatedly denied. [1]
Cricket Canada President's Surrey Home Struck by Gunfire in Extortion-Related Attack
The home of newly elected Cricket Canada president Arvinder Khosa in Surrey's Newton neighbourhood became the target of a shooting in the early morning hours, with CBC's the fifth estate breaking the story. Officers with the Surrey Police Service responded to the scene at around 4:40 a.m. PT after reports of gunfire. Khosa confirmed to reporters that his house had been shot but declined to provide further details. At least five bullet holes were visible in the door, windows, and exterior of the home. Police confirmed the residence was occupied at the time of the attack, but no one sustained injuries. Surrey Police Service Sergeant Ali Gailus, speaking as a media relations officer, said in an email that an individual associated to the residence had received extortion-related threats, indicating the shooting fits a pattern of organized-crime intimidation directed at community and sports leaders. The attack drew attention to the broader context of extortion-related violence affecting the South Asian community in the Lower Mainland. Reporting noted it was not the first time a high-level member of the Cricket Canada organization had had their home targeted, underscoring the persistent vulnerability of prominent community figures to intimidation campaigns linked to transnational criminal networks operating in and around Surrey. [8]
Extortion Response Team Takes Over After Second Shooting at Same Cricket Canada President's Home
Surrey police confirmed that the same Newton neighbourhood home targeted in a May 20 extortion shooting was struck by gunfire a second time, just weeks after the first attack. Officers from the Surrey Police Service responded to reports of a shooting near 57 Avenue and 148 Street just after 4 a.m. PT on the Thursday. The home is owned by Arvinder Khosa, the president of Cricket Canada. As with the first attack, the residence was occupied at the time, yet no one was reported injured. In a news release, the Surrey Police Service stated that the investigation was believed to be extortion related due to previous threats and the shots fired incident on May 20, explicitly linking both shootings as part of a continuing intimidation campaign. The SPS extortion response team subsequently took over the investigation from front-line officers, a step that signals the seriousness with which police view the case. Investigators appealed to the public for CCTV or dashcam footage and for anyone who may know the suspects' identities to come forward. The repeated targeting of the same address within weeks underscores the persistence of organized extortion networks operating in Surrey, a city whose large South Asian population has seen escalating violence connected to transnational criminal gangs. [2]
Sources: [1] Radio-Canada · [8] CBC · [2] CBC