Toronto: Already dealing with expenses in Ontario together with these associated to discharging a firearm, Arshdeep Singh Gill, higher often called Arsh Dalla, may be dealing with a home violence case in British Columbia.
Based on British Columbia courtroom paperwork, an individual recognized as Arshdeep Singh Gill is scheduled to seem earlier than a provincial courtroom in Abbotsford on December 19 on expenses associated to assault and mischief.
The case quantity has an appended Ok, which in British Columbia refers to intimate associate violence, an individual conversant in the matter defined.
Gill appeared earlier than the BC courtroom for the primary time on February 23, this yr. He was famous to have been born in 1996.
Curiously, he was arrested by Halton Regional Police Service or HRPS in Ontario on October 28.
He additionally appeared earlier than a provincial courtroom in Surrey on expenses of assault, in keeping with particulars accessed by the Hindustan Occasions.
Gill is at present dealing with a bail listening to earlier than the Ontario Court docket of Justice in Milton.
Gill, thought of an affiliate of pro-Khalistan determine Hardeep Singh Nijjar who was killed on June 18 final yr in Surrey, British Columbia, is taken into account a terrorist by the Indian Authorities although these expenses haven’t been examined in a Canadian courtroom.
Lately, India has repeatedly sought Gill’s extradition however that request has not been honoured by Canadian authorities.
Gill was one in every of two individuals arrested by Halton Regional Police on October 28 in reference to an incident of taking pictures.
Based on a launch from HRPS on the time, it was contacted by Guelph Police within the early morning hours of October 28, after two males attended a hospital. Considered one of them was handled and launched for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound apparently suffered in Halton area. The opposite was not injured.
The HRPS Main Crime Bureau is now investigating and each males have been arrested, the discharge acknowledged.
These arrested weren’t recognized by identify however have been a 25-year-old resident of Halton Hills and a 28-year-old resident of Surrey, BC. They have been each charged with Discharging Firearm with Intent.
He was recognized as Arshdeep Gill within the courtroom docket.
Arsh Dalla, who has been accused of involvement in focused killings, terror financing and extortion in Punjab, was in January final yr designated a terrorist by the Indian Authorities.
He’s an accused in varied instances below the Nationwide Investigation Company or NIA, which raised the matter with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or RCMP in 2022.
On November 14, Exterior Affairs Ministry spokesperson acknowledged that in “view of the current arrest, our companies will likely be following up on an extradition request.” That request for Gill’s extradition to India was conveyed to Ottawa final summer season.
“Given Arsh Dalla’s felony document in India and his involvement in comparable unlawful actions in Canada, it’s anticipated that he will likely be extradited or deported to face justice in India,” the assertion had added.
Indian authorities have additionally accused Gill of being related to the Khalistan Tiger Drive or KTF and even having assumed its management following Nijjar’s killing. These allegations haven’t been examined in a Canadian courtroom.
