Surrey: The residence of Lakshmi Narayan Mandir head’s son was fired at Surrey in Canada’s British Columbia in the early hours of Wednesday even as investigators were yet to attribute a motive for the attack as they looked for the shooters.
Satish Kumar, the temple head, said between 11 and 14 bullets were fired. “I can say nothing about why it happened,” he said. Kumar added there have been cases of extortion in the area. “My son recently sold an insurance agency and they may have thought he had a lot of money.”
According to the Constable Parmbir Kahlon, Media Relations Officer for Surrey Police, the residence involved sustained damage consistent with bullet holes.
Reportedly, the Surrey RCMP General Investigation Unit has conducted the investigation, and the officers are working to determine the motive of this incident, adding that the identities of the perpetrators are not known yet.
The Surrey Police have not confirmed any link of the attack to recent threats received by the Lakshmi Narayan Mandir in Surrey.
Earlier on June 18, the temple was in the news when its members last month countered a protest of the secessionist group Sikhs for Justice against the killing of Khalistani figure Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey.
Months later, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegation of the involvement of Indian government agents in Nijjar’s killing triggered a diplomatic row. The allegation prompted India to ask Canada to withdraw 41 of the 62 its diplomats.
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