Surrey RCMP are quiet about who is targeting Vancouver-based Punjabi music star Karan Aujla with death threats after a house allegedly recently owned by his manager was shelled with bullets early Tuesday night by criminals who nearly hit the innocent victims’ grandmother sleeping in one of the rooms that was hit by bullets. DESIBUZZCanada asked the Surrey RCMP about the connection to the shooting of the house in the 8600 block of Tulsy Crescent but they were not forthcoming, only saying that they can confirm that the occupants of the house shot up are innocent and that the shooting was connected to a previous owner, who they did not identify or confirm any connection to Aujla.   

By PD Raj  - Senior Writer DESIBUZZCanada

SURREY – Surrey RCMP are quiet about who is targeting Vancouver-based Punjabi music star Karan Aujla with death threats after a house allegedly recently owned by his manager was shelled with bullets early Tuesday night by criminals who nearly hit the innocent victims’ grandmother sleeping in one of the rooms that was hit by bullets.

DESIBUZZCanada asked the Surrey RCMP about the connection to the shooting of the house in the 8600 block of Tulsy Crescent but they were not forthcoming, only saying that they can confirm that the occupants of the house shot up are innocent and that the shooting was connected to a previous owner, who they did not identify or confirm any connection to Aujla.   

“We can confirm that the current occupants of the residence that was subject of the shooting were not the intended target. However, to protect the privacy and safety of other individuals we are not releasing names,” Surrey RCMP replied to DESIBUZZCanada.

Surrey Mounties said they are conducting an unusual investigation where no one was harmed in a spray of gunfire. Bur the brazen gunman documented their shooting and posted it to TikTok and whatspp with a note of death threats that warned Aujla that he won’t be safe wherever he goes.

The home in central Surrey which was riddled with bullets inside and out, with holes clearly visible in siding, the ceiling and windows belongs to the Garcha family, the new owners who allegedly bought it from the manager of Aujla. 

The family said when the shots rang out, two people were sleeping upstairs and one was downstairs, with the family matriarch sleeping on a couch next to a window that was hit by the gunfire.

"I'm glad my grandmother is OK," homeowner Sukhjit Garcha told CTV News. He translated for Gurdav Kaur as she explained she didn’t realize the loud sounds around 3 a.m. Tuesday were gunshots.

"I was really really shocked because I didn't accept that somebody would damage my property or somebody would want to kill me because I have no problem with anyone,” he said. "I just moved in last September, five months ago."

When Mounties arrived to investigate, Garcha showed them a TikTok video where a man fires several shots at what Garcha says are his wife and father’s vehicles, as well as the home. A hand is visible, but not the man’s face, and Punjabi writing on the short clip threatening Aujla, with the writer claiming affiliation with a Harry Chatha Group gang in India.

"The evidence we've gathered thus far suggests the current occupants of this house were not the intended target,” said Surrey RCMP Const. Sarbjit Sangha. “The people who were living in the house prior to this owner may have been targeted."

Garcha believes the previous owner was a friend of Aujla’s, and Mounties told CTV News they have been in touch with the person, who they did not identify, to develop a personal safety plan; they have also developed a safety plan for the Garchas and offered victim services supports. 

Sources have confirmed to DESIBUZZCanada that the house allegedly belonged to the Rehaan family, members of whom manage Aujla through their Rehaan Records label. 

The RCMP is now in discussions with TikTok to determine what kind of information they can glean from the posting or account that created the post.

While Punjabi singers have been threatened with similar threats in India and their concerts have seen violence and gunfire as in the case of Sidhu Moosewala’s concerts in Canada but this is a rare occasion a local singer has faced these kinds of threats in here.