{"id":99925,"date":"2026-03-31T10:41:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T10:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/2026\/03\/31\/27-year-old-indian-origin-man-shot-dead-in-canadas-surrey\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T10:41:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T10:41:26","slug":"27-year-old-indian-origin-man-shot-dead-in-canadas-surrey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/2026\/03\/31\/27-year-old-indian-origin-man-shot-dead-in-canadas-surrey\/","title":{"rendered":"27-year-old Indian-origin man shot dead in Canada\u2019s Surrey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-129922309,imgsize-1220398,width-400,resizemode-4\/pic-59.jpg\" alt=\"27-year-old Indian-origin man shot dead in Canada\u2019s Surrey\" title=\"Representative image\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A 27-year-old man of Indian origin was shot dead in Canada\u2019s Surrey city on Saturday night in what police believe was a targeted attack linked to organised crime.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"1\"\/>The victim was identified as Jasman Sekhon, according to an update issued on Monday by the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT).<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The shooting took place at a townhouse complex in Surrey\u2019s Sullivan Heights neighbourhood. Surrey Police Service officers responded to reports of gunfire in the 15100 block of 60 Avenue at 6.39 pm.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>When officers arrived, they found Sekhon suffering from gunshot wounds. Despite life-saving measures, he died at the scene.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>IHIT said Sekhon had previous interactions with police and was believed to be involved in the drug trade. <!-- -->\u201cSekhon had previous interactions with the police and was believed to be involved in the drug trade. Early indications suggest this was a targeted incident related to organised crime,\u201d the report said, quoting the IHIT\u2019s statement.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>Witnesses told local media that Sekhon was being chased by a dark SUV before two men got out and started shooting at him.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>About 15 minutes after the shooting, a blue Hyundai SUV was found fully engulfed in flames near 186th Street and 44 Avenue in Surrey. Investigators are working to determine whether the burning vehicle is connected to the homicide.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>A burning vehicle was found nearby after the shooting incident, which police say is the hallmark of gang killings.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>\u201cThis was a brazen shooting in what is usually a quiet neighbourhood,\u201d Sgt Freda Fong with IHIT said in a statement, as quoted by Global News.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>\u201cInvestigators are working diligently to determine the circumstances surrounding the homicide and identifying all parties involved.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>Police are asking anyone who was in either area between 6 pm and 7.30 pm on Saturday, or anyone with video evidence, to come forward.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>The killing comes amid a spike in gun violence in Surrey, where local reports said there have been four shootings in the past 48 hours.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/rest-of-world\/27-year-old-indian-origin-man-shot-dead-in-canadas-surrey\/articleshow\/129922129.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 27-year-old man of Indian origin was shot dead in Canada\u2019s Surrey city on Saturday night in what police believe was a targeted attack linked to organised crime.The victim was&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pic-59.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}