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A fatal roll-call

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Arthur J Pais

A list of immigrants who have met an unnatural end over the last few years.

  • January 26: Poonam Randhawa is killed a few hours after she got into a car allegedly driven by Ninderjit Singh who had stalked her for over two years.

  • December 27: Five Asians shot by masked gunmen believed to be Asians at New Lucky Garden Chinese Restaurant in East Vancouver.

  • December 20: Bindy Johal shot and killed at the Palladium Club in the middle of 350 dancing youth.

  • December 19, 1998:Vietnamese man, name not released, known to police as a gang associate, found in trunk of abandoned vehicle.

  • December 18, 1998:Chieu Thanh Nguyen, 22, known to police as a gang associate, found dead in his apartment.

  • November:Editor Tara Singh Hayer is killed in Surrey, a neighboring city.

  • November: Roman Mann, Johal's closest buddy, is found dead near Westminster Highway in Richmond.

  • Late October 1998: Eighteen shots fired into home of Peter Gill, Johal's former brother-in-law. Two shots shatter mirror in neighbour's house.

  • October 7, 1998: Cocaine dealer Vikash Chand shot and killed at noon at Rags to Riches Motors, a car dealership in Burnaby.

  • September 19, 1998: Derek Chand Shankar, another alleged drug dealer and Johal's friend, is shot to death. Body found under Queensborough Bridge.

  • May 1998: Several shots are fired into Peter Gill's garage.

  • January 1998: Car explodes in flames outside Gill's house.

  • October 1997: Gorinder Khun Khun, another Johal associate, shot to death in hail of bullets outside his home.

  • February 20, 1997: Mohammed Mirhadi shot thrice at point blank range at the Famous Player theatre complex while sitting next to girlfriend watching Donnie Brasco. Reports claim the Lotus Gang offered $ 65,000 for the killing.

  • November 30, 1996: Mani Rezai, alleged member of Persian Posse gang, shot in head while sitting in car outside rave dance and left paralyzed.

  • October 21, 1996: Bindy Johal challenges Lotus gang by kidnapping younger brother of gang member to collect on a drug debt.

  • June 1996: Siamak Zahedi suffers multiple gunshot wounds in gangland-related incident while at home.

  • April 24, 1994:Glen Olson, 29, in a case of mistaken identity, is fatally shot near Bindy Johal's home with an AK-47 military assault rifle while walking landlord's dog in a park. He was mistaken for Johal.

  • April 19, 1994: Ranjit (Ron) Dosanjh is fatally shot at intersection of Kingsway and Fraser in southeast Vancouver, by a killer who pulls up beside him and fires high powered rifle.

  • February 25, 1994: Jimsher (Jim) Dosanjh fatally shot in dark alley in east Vancouver.
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