"You will see we will takeover CANADA soon."
The Lawrence Bishnoi gang sent a letter to Canadian authorities, claiming the group had 5,000 members in the country and declaring “we will rule in Canada”.
The letter was sent to the Abbotsford Police Department in August 2025 and signed “Lawrence gang from India”.
It was released through an Access to Information Act request for documents presented at an Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) hearing.
The hearing concerned a Bishnoi associate who was ordered deported in July.
With numerous spelling errors and little punctuation, the letter read:
“We are giving you a written warning and challenge.
“We are Indian gang Canada has no guts to stop us is that clear – we will rule in CANADA now no one can stop us we are very powerful.
“This is our time now Indian we have more than 5000 gang member in Canada they can do shooting for only $1000 can you stop us no way.
“You will see we will takeover CANADA soon.”
The letter is part of a collection of documents and videos detailing multi-agency investigations into alleged extortion networks linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.
The material includes allegations against two men identified by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) this week for their alleged connections to Bishnoi-related extortion cases.
According to the documents, Amitoz Bajwa and Sahibjot Singh were among a group of Edmonton-based suspects in their early 20s allegedly implicated in shootings and threats against victims in Alberta, Ontario and British Columbia.
The files also include the CBSA’s “Tactical Guide” to the Bishnoi organisation, which traces its growth in Canada from 2023 to late 2025.
A Bigger Picture
Lawrence Bishnoi has been in prison in India since 2015 but has allegedly built an international criminal organisation from behind bars.
In Canada, he has allegedly relied on his senior lieutenant, Goldy Brar, who obtained a student permit in 2017 to attend Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops.
It is unknown whether Brar attended classes. He filed a refugee claim in 2019, which was deemed abandoned in 2022, and his current whereabouts are unknown.
The documents state that Brar and Bishnoi split in 2025 and became rivals.
The CBSA’s guide reads: “It is unclear if Goldy is leveraging his split from the Bishnoi Gang to take over operations in Canada, as recent intelligence indicates that Goldy’s name is the one most often used in extortion cases in [Alberta].”
This summer, the FBI announced charges against Bishnoi and his associates over alleged conspiracies and killings, including the alleged murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey in 2023.
The agency also offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to Brar’s capture.
The CBSA’s guide names other alleged gang leaders connected to extortion cases in Canada, including Goldy Dhillon.
Dhillon is described as a subcontractor believed to be responsible for “recruiting ‘foot soldiers’ to carry out criminal activities including targeted attacks and extortions in India and Canada.”
Dhillon and Brar are both mentioned extensively in a detailed investigative summary compiled by the Organised Crime Branch of the Edmonton Police Service.
The nearly 200-page report concerns Project Garter, an investigation spanning seven months from May 2025 into more than a dozen files involving multiple extortion victims.
The Bishnoi gang’s letter was delivered in mid-August 2025 and reproduced in full in the report.
According to the report, the letter is consistent with a pattern of threats attributed to the “Lawrence Group” and the “Lawrence Bishnoi Group” in shootings and extortion cases across Canada.
Other Cases
Ballistics reports in the Project Garter files linked shootings in Edmonton, Calgary and Surrey.
Investigators also monitored suspects’ social media accounts and obtained search and tracking warrants for vehicles and phones to trace their movements.
In one case, a Ford Mustang was reportedly stolen and used in drive-by shootings.
Investigators questioned one of the vehicle’s owners and examined Instagram activity and data from the car’s “infotainment system” to establish links with other alleged gang members.
The report also details threats against multiple victims, including a business owner who was allegedly targeted for millions of dollars by a suspect who identified himself as Goldy Dhillon.
The victim told police that another family member had seen his Surrey-based business burned to the ground after similar demands.
In a separate incident, police warned another man about credible threats to his life.
The demands for money came from more than a dozen WhatsApp numbers. At least two were also linked to extortion files investigated by Peel Regional Police in Ontario.
The report includes a translated message allegedly sent after a victim refused to respond.
The message read: “I am talking from Lawrence Bishnoi group. This time I shot at your house, next time it’s going to be you. I know exactly what your system is. Where you are what you do, I can find you.
“Either talk to us and settle this and it will be good for you guys. Or shots will be fired at your entire family. Not answering the phone will not make this go away.”
Jashandeep Singh & Arshdeep Singh
The documents were compiled by the CBSA for disclosure at an IRB hearing involving Jashandeep Singh, a 25-year-old who came to Canada as a student in December 2022.
Singh was linked to the group through his friendship with Arshdeep Singh, a mid-level Bishnoi leader who was deported from Canada earlier this year after being found inadmissible for organised criminality.
Jashandeep Singh was accused of helping conceal a firearm that allegedly linked Arshdeep Singh to shootings in Surrey and Edmonton.
Evidence included a video of Jashandeep Singh pointing the weapon, which had a pink slide, at a friend’s head.
In a police report, phone intercepts allegedly captured Arshdeep Singh discussing the trafficking of heroin, opioids and cocaine. He also allegedly bragged about committing a murder when he would have been 12 years old.
He was allegedly recorded speaking to an associate about shootings in Surrey and instructing them to “go to your city and gather some weapons”.
The documents also link him to extortion cases in Ontario, including one in which he was allegedly caught on video directing others to throw Molotov cocktails at a building.
Phone analysis identified messages containing information about dozens of vehicles later reported stolen.
Investigators allegedly uncovered a network in which thieves worked with vehicle owners to target cars and trucks, alter identifying information and defraud insurance companies.
However, it was the firearm with the pink slide that became central to the case against him.
According to testimony at Jashandeep Singh’s IRB hearing, Arshdeep Singh travelled from Calgary to Edmonton in August 2025 to celebrate his birthday.
Evidence included videos of Arshdeep Singh and others handling the gun at Jashandeep Singh’s residence before travelling to a remote highway location.
In one video, Arshdeep Singh can allegedly be seen firing the weapon into the air at least five times. A birthday cake sits on the boot of his car as his friends watch.
Police discovered the video on social media and attended the location after the group had left.
They found spent bullet casings, which ballistics testing later linked to one of a series of shootings at Kap’s Cafe, which is owned by Kapil Sharma, in Surrey.
It led to multiple arrests, numerous search warrants and the seizure of further weapons. It also helped investigators gather evidence that resulted in deportation orders against several suspects.
Like many people suspected of involvement in the extortion cases, Arshdeep Singh was never convicted of a crime in Canada.
However, the legal threshold for immigration inadmissibility is lower than the standard required for a criminal conviction. A person cannot be deported while criminal charges remain unresolved.
Arshdeep Singh did not challenge his deportation order. During his hearing, he said he was “not involved in any of the extortion, arson, any fraud anywhere”.
The document also contained claims from an informant about the development of Canada’s extortion crisis.
The informant provided the Edmonton Police Service with information in May 2025, claiming personal knowledge that Arshdeep Singh worked for Goldy Brar, who allegedly directed people in Canada to carry out extortions.
The informant claimed: “Kidnapping people is a new extortion tactic directed by Goldy Brar. People are extorted up to $100,000.00 for a kidnapping.
“Young Canadian visa holders are directed to do the kidnapping.”
