DESIBUZZCanada
Events Listings
International Day Of Yoga To Be Virtually Celebrated Saturday At 4pm
CANCELLED: Coronavirus Fears Kills Surrey’s Vaisakhi Day Parade
ADVERTISE WITH US: DESIBUZZCanada Is The Most Read South Asian Publication Online
SURREY LIBRARIES: Get Technology Help At Surrey Libraries
WALLY OPPAL: Surrey Police Transition Update On Feb. 26
GONE ARE THE DAYS - Feature Documentary Trailer
Technology Help At Surrey Libraries
Birding Walks
Plea Poetry/short Story : Youth Contest
International Folk Dancing Drop-in Sessions
Gangland Murder Victim’s Family In India Unaware Of Fundraiser On Their Behalf
A man who was gunned down in gangland slaying in Langley had a GoFundMe fundraiser set up but the family of the victim, who’s likely an Indian student or new arrival, contacted the police to say they don’t know anything about the fundraiser and have nothing to do with it. Somebody set up the fundraiser for murder victim Arshdeep Singh’s family but they are in India, according to IHIT
SURREY – A man who was gunned down in gangland slaying in Langley had a GoFundMe fundraiser set up but the family of the victim, who’s likely an Indian student or new arrival, contacted the police to say they don’t know anything about the fundraiser and have nothing to do with it.
Somebody set up the fundraiser for murder victim Arshdeep Singh’s family but they are in India, according to IHIT.
“His family, they know nothing about it,” said Sgt. Frank Jang, spokesperson for the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, which is looking for Singh’s killer.
On Jan. 26, shots rang out at the corner of 207th Street and 53A Avenue. Langley RCMP arrived to find Singh and another man both shot in a car. The other man, also in his early 20s, was rushed to hospital and is expected to survive.
According to police, Singh’s murder was likely a targeted hit as he was known to police.
In the last week, a GoFundMe campaign appeared on the popular crowdfunding site, ostensibly to support Singh’s family, reported Surrey NOW.
But Jang has been in contact with Singh’s immediate relatives, who live in India. His parents had contacted IHIT after seeing the GoFundMe campaign, and said they had no connection to it.
Jang said the family also reached out to the campaign but had not heard back from whoever started it.
The campaign appears to have been removed from GoFundMe as of Wednesday, Feb. 10.
When Jang posted on the IHIT Twitter account about the campaign apparently not being connected to Singh’s family, at least one person responded to insist it was legitimate, reported the NOW.
“We’re still trying to get to the bottom of this,” Jang said.
It isn’t definitive that the account was fake, he said.
Singh’s murder was one of several incidents of gunfire around Langley and across the Lower Mainland in recent weeks as the gang war has heated up.
