A Canada-born Punjabi youth from Sudhar village of Ludhiana was shot dead in West Abbotsford on Friday, reportedly as part of an ongoing gang conflict among drug peddlers in British Columbia.
The Abbotsford police had earlier confirmed that the murder was linked to gang activity, but had withheld the victim’s identity. The deceased has now been identified as 28-year-old Navpreet Singh Dhaliwal. Dony Bal, who had previously claimed responsibility for the murders of kabaddi promoter Rana Balachaur and Sarpanch Jarmal Singh, has reportedly taken responsibility for Navpreet’s killing.
Sources from Dhaliwal’s native village said he had rarely visited Sudhar during his adulthood. Former block committee chairman and SAD leader Mehar Singh Dhaliwal said the deceased was the grandson of his cousin Nazar Singh.
Navpreet’s father Gurjinder Singh Dhaliwal had moved to Canada in 1995, two years before Navpreet was born. On the day of the shooting, Navpreet and his mother were at home, while his father was taking care of his grandfather, Nazar Singh Dhaliwal, at a hospital in Abbotsford.
“They broke open the door and shot a bullet in Navpreet’s leg. Before his mother could call the police, the intruders had killed him,” said Mehar. The investigating team said the murder was a targeted killing.
Dony Bal and Mohabbat Randhawa claimed responsibility for the killing in a social media post, alleging that Navpreet was planning to kill them in Surrey and would have attacked them had they not done him to death.
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