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Calgary Police Charge Five in Cross‑City Kidnapping Linked to Extortion Spree

Police say the case signals a sharp rise in violence targeting Calgary’s South Asian community.

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Calgary police allege an 'elaborate' extortion scheme involved kidnapping an Edmonton man from his home and driving him to Calgary in an attempt to extort a friend of the victim, who lives in Calgary.
Gagandeep Singh, 29, is wanted on suspicion of kidnapping, unlawful confinement and assault with a weapon. He has tattoos of a woman on his right forearm and a blue and red eagle on his left forearm.

Overview

  • Calgary police, which announced the charges Friday, named five suspects tied to an elaborate extortion plot that involved a kidnapping.
  • Investigators say four men abducted an Edmonton resident on May 6 at gunpoint and drove him to a friend’s home in Calgary’s Cityscape community targeted for extortion.
  • Officers arrested two suspects after a traffic stop near Metis Trail and 104 Avenue N.E. following the Cityscape incident.
  • A later stop on May 12 in Martindale led to two more arrests and the seizure of a privately made firearm often called a ghost gun.
  • The arrested men are Taranveer Singh, Daksh Gautam, Akashdeep Singh and Pardeep Singh, and police are seeking Gagandeep Singh while probing possible organized‑crime links in a Calgary series that has reached 45 cases and 19 shootings since April 2025.