Overview
- Police said a man was shot in the lobby of a commercial complex on 76th Avenue in Surrey’s Newton area Monday and died at the scene.
- IHIT, B.C.’s specialized homicide unit, took over and is treating the case as a targeted, gang-style killing while the motive remains under review.
- Hours after the attack, a Facebook account in the name of fugitive gangster Rohit Godara claimed responsibility and warned rivals.
- The post alleged the victim ran illegal betting and cricket match-fixing for a rival group, but police have not verified the post or confirmed the victim’s identity, reported by sources as “Sam Canada.”
- Investigators are testing possible links to pro-Khalistan shooters with ties to India, a thread that, if proven, could signal expanding cross-border crime pressure in British Columbia.