Punjab drug scam accused's son gunned down in Canada

CHANDIGARH: The 34-year-old son of prominent Canada-based Sikh businessman Parminder Pindi was shot dead in Toronto on Tuesday. Pindi is wanted by Interpol and Punjab Police in connection with the Rs 6,000-crore synthetic drugs scam. Sukhvinder Deo's body was identified by his father on Thursday.
While Deo was listed as a gangster in Vancouver police records, Punjab Police have been seeking Pindi's extradition since last September.
The businessman and alleged drug lord has hired a lawyer in Punjab to fight his extradition case.
Although Sukhvinder's assailants have not been identified as yet, Toronto police have tweeted that they are on the lookout for two suspects. The cops have said that both attackers were armed and were seen fleeing in a black car.
Punjab and Haryana high court had three weeks ago rapped Punjab Police for the delay in submitting a report on its investigation into two Canada-based absconding NRIs - Satpreet Singh alias Satta and Pindi.
According to local newspapers, Deo was shot while he was inside a white Range Rover. Two men fired at him in broad daylight in an alley near a busy intersection in the city.
"Deo lived in Metro Vancouver, he was aligned with the Independent Soldiers gang," the Vancouver Sun reported. He even had convictions for resisting a police officer, driving while his license was suspended, assault and also in cases of drug-peddling. Pindi's second son Harjit too was convicted in a 2005 kidnapping case along with others.
In November 2013, former Arjuna-award winning wrestler Jagdish Bhola was caught with the massive haul of party drug Ice and was later called the kingpin of the scam. Pindi is alleged to have been a middleman in transporting pseudoephedrine and ephedrine, chemicals needed to make Ice. He is one of 11 NRIs wanted in the case.