An accused murderer with ties to senior Bishnoi gang members represents too great a risk for release, a lawyer for Canada's Minister of Public Safety told a Federal Court judge Friday.
'No amount of money' sufficient to stem risk of alleged Bishnoi gang member's release: lawyer FBI documents claim Karamveer Singh responsible for 2024 shooting and arson attack at singer's home An accused murderer with ties to senior Bishnoi gang members represents too great a risk for release, a lawyer for Canada's Minister of Public Safety told a Federal Court judge Friday. Jocelyn Espejo Clarke told Justice Denis Gascon that FBI documents link 40-year-old Karamveer Singh to the extortion of Punjabi singers, and accuse him of ordering a 2024 shooting and arson attack at the Victoria-area home of popular musician AP Dhillon.
Espejo Clarke made the claims at a last-minute application by the government to stop Singh's release from a Toronto immigration holding centre as he fights deportation to India where he faces trial on a 2012 murder charge. In addition to oral arguments, the government's filings include FBI surveillance photographs of Singh together at a California residence with jailed gang leader Lawrence Bishnoi's brother and alleged accomplice Anmol Bishnoi, who has since been deported to India. - CBC Investigates Extortion, drugs, assassination and transnational Indian crime syndicates: 'Operation Hard Ball' explained - CBC Investigates Minister of Public Safety fights to keep accused murderer and alleged Bishnoi gangster in custody The Public Safety Minister claims Singh's release plan depends on the supervision of his two sisters guaranteeing bonds worth $110,000 — despite questions about the
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source of their funds. "Its our position that the law enforcement authorities have provided sufficient grounds for this court to consider the public safety risk should this individual be released," Espejo Clarke told Gascon during a two-hour virtual hearing. "No amount of money would be sufficient if this issue is not considered properly by the court." Immigration proceedings underway Lawyers for the Public Safety Minister applied last week to stay an Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) decision ordering Singh's release on house arrest, under electronic monitoring pending the outcome of his legal attempts to remain in Canada. They want Singh kept behind bars as they argue a judicial review of the release order itself, which Espejo Clarke claimed was "unreasonable, unintelligible and unjustified based on the record." At the conclusion of the hearing, Gascon said he would either issue...
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