A 68-year-old businessman and philanthropist hailing from Ludhiana district and settled in Canada for years was shot dead near his home in Abbotsford in British Columbia province on Monday.
Darshan Singh Sahsi, who ran a successful cloth and textile recycling business in Canada, also had business interests in Punjab. Sahsi belonged to Rajgarh village near Doraha in Ludhiana district.
In a statement, the Abbotsford police said the “homicide incident on Ridgeview Drive is being investigated”. “At approximately 9.22 am, Abbotsford Police Patrol officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 31300 block of Ridgeview Drive. Upon arrival, officers secured the area and confirmed the incident was confined to a single parked vehicle on the roadway. Inside the vehicle, they discovered a 68-year-old man suffering from life-threatening injuries,” the Abbotsford police said in a statement.
Despite lifesaving medical efforts of first responders, the man succumbed to his injuries. No arrests have been made so far. “The investigation is still in its early stages, and additional resources have been deployed to support efforts in uncovering the full circumstances surrounding this incident,” said the police.
“The Abbotsford Police Department’s Major Crime Unit is transitioning the investigation to the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, which will be providing further updates as the investigation advances,” they said.
Sahsi ran a multinational cloth-recycling business and was considered a respectable NRI business tycoon in both India and Canada. He had moved to Canada in 1991.
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