
Eby to ask prime minister to declare India’s Bishnoi gang a terrorist group
VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby says he will ask Prime Minister Mark Carney that the Lawrence Bishnoi gang be declared a terrorist organization in Canada.
Police have said members of the South Asian community are being extorted of cash under threat of death or violence and the India-based gang has been linked to some of those threats.
Eby says it’s an issue of huge concern in B.C., but also in Alberta and Ontario, where gangs from India are operating.
The premier says it’s a serious step that would give police significant investigative tools.